Tag: Carrots

  • Can you Grow Carrots in Pots?

    Can you Grow Carrots in Pots?

    Yes! you can grow a lot of vegetables in containers including carrots. Other Vegetables I’ve grown in a container are: Butternut Squash – this year I’m growing a bush variety perfect for a large pot. Spring Cabbage – 1 per 30L pot in the greenhouse overwinter worked brilliantly. Peas – Add some bamboo canes and…

  • Onions from Sets – Signs Your Onions are Ready for Harvest

    It’s the first year I’ve grown Onions from sets which were started in cell trays and the onions are looking very successful. I’m growing ‘Hercules F1’ white skin onions. I planted them in cell trays back in March – How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Planting Video I’ve also…

  • Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July

    Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July

    There’s still time to start growing veg this year! Can’t decide what to grow? Let me give you a helping hand so you can sow the best seeds for July’s Summer Season. The Summer Holidays are coming up as well so if you need to keep the kids entertained, get them involved, heck, get the…

  • Early May 2024 – Vegetable Garden Update – Garlic, Onions, Leek, Broad Beans & Radish

    Early May 2024 – Vegetable Garden Update – Garlic, Onions, Leek, Broad Beans & Radish

    Here’s my Vegetable Garden Plan for Year 2024. My plan is a work in progress and I’m always changing things about. I had too many Onions this year and couldn’t bear to part with any of them so I have placed the second lot of 50 onions (grown in cell trays) in the ‘Squash’ section…

  • Vegetable Garden Plan 2024 & May Growings

    Vegetable Garden Plan 2024 & May Growings

    Here’s my Vegetable Garden Plan for Year 2024. My plan is a work in progress and I’m always changing things about. I had too many Onions this year and couldn’t bear to part with any of them so I have placed the second lot of 50 onions (grown in cell trays) in the ‘Squash’ section…

  • How to Plant Onion Sets in the Ground that have been grown in Cell Trays

    How to Plant Onion Sets in the Ground that have been grown in Cell Trays

    My Onion sets were planted in cell trays in the second week of March. One month later, in Mid April, they are now ready to be planted out in a raised beds. See my article: 🧅 How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in Cell trays + Video. This year in Mid April, the…

  • How to Plant Onion Sets in the Ground (grown in Cell Trays)

    How to Plant Onion Sets in the Ground (grown in Cell Trays)

    My Onion sets were planted in cell trays in the second week of March. One month later, in Mid April, they are now ready to be planted out in a raised beds. See my article: 🧅 How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in Cell trays + Video. This year in Mid April, the…

  • August is definitely the month for Harvests – Blackberries, squash, courgettes, Carrots, tomatoes.

    August is definitely the month for Harvests – Blackberries, squash, courgettes, Carrots, tomatoes.

    The August vegetable harvests just keep coming week by week and they are truly colourful. There is such a variety of vegetables and fruit to pick and create some magic in the kitchen with. Garlic Butter Vegetables Last night we picked a ball courgette, baby yellow squash, tomatoes, sweetcorn and spinach. I made a garlic…

  • July Harvest – Beans, Carrots, Kohl Rabi and first tomatoes

    July Harvest – Beans, Carrots, Kohl Rabi and first tomatoes

    Our vegetable harvests are weekly and our strawberries and blueberries are being picked daily. It’s Mid July and we are harvesting: Broccoli – Kabuki F1 The Broccoli has done really well since we have received lots of rain. It has been in a cage with environmesh netting since the end of May but only really…