Tag: Featured

  • Holidays are Coming, Tis the Season for Xmas Potatoes

    Holidays are Coming, Tis the Season for Xmas Potatoes

    Imagine sitting down to the dinner table at Christmas, with your homegrown potatoes roasted in the oven and on the dinner plate? It’s so fulfilling that you will have achieved growing these potatoes (started in late summer). Your family will be overjoyed with smiles as they can’t wait to try your freshly harvested potatoes and…

  • The Humble Chive Plant – Harvest Free Seeds Next Year

    The Humble Chive Plant – Harvest Free Seeds Next Year

    Chives, have you ever tried growing them? They are the unsung heroes of the vegetable garden and the gift that keeps on giving! All About Chives Chives are part of the allium family and are a perennial which means they can live in the ground for up to 3 years or more. Chives can be…

  • How To Harvest Onions & Make Your Own Drying Rack

    It’s Mid August and my Onions ‘Hercules F1’ are all huge. It’s been a fantastic growing year for not just Onions but all types of Root Vegetables. The Onion leaves are now laying flat against the soil as they have bent at the stem near the top of the bulb, which means they are ready…

  • 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…

  • The Little Things, Impact The Most – Weeds & Mulch

    The Little Things, Impact The Most – Weeds & Mulch

    The little things in life, impact the most. We all know a break in our routine for a thought to do something nice for someone, a positive comment, a compliment, even just making someone a cup of tea, are little things that make a difference in our daily life. My husband made a vertical Onion…

  • Strawberries – My leaves look like lace, what’s eating my strawberry leaves?

    Strawberries – My leaves look like lace, what’s eating my strawberry leaves?

    It’s June, it’s Strawberry harvesting season, and some pests want to butt into the harvest party like an uninvited guest! The latest pest on our Strawberry plants, have shredded the leaves leaving elongated oval shapes in the leaves. The strawberry leaves look like lace, so let’s look at what might be eating the leaves. Strawberry…

  • Our Fruit Garden – Berries, apple, pear, peach Miniature trees in June.

    Our Fruit Garden – Berries, apple, pear, peach Miniature trees in June.

    We moved into our house two years ago and all we brought with us was 2 blueberry bushes and a thornless blackberry bush and obviously our furniture and belongings! If you haven’t seen our garden yet, see how it came from nothing to flourishing in my story here – If you Build it, they will…

  • Growing Mini Vegetables for Children & Big Kids (Adults)

    Growing Mini Vegetables for Children & Big Kids (Adults)

    Mini Vegetables are a great way to get children and big kids (adults) excited about growing vegetables. These types of vegetables are smaller than the normal size making them perfect for handling and for healthy snacking. Last year we grew Mini Cucumbers ‘Mini Munch’ for the first time in the greenhouse. From 3 plants, my…

  • If you Build it, they will come – Wildlife in the Vegetable Garden

    If you Build it, they will come – Wildlife in the Vegetable Garden

    If you have seen the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ by Kevin Costner, you’ll know that the most famous line in the film was ‘If you Build it, he will come’. It’s a great film based on baseball, check it out if you haven’t seen it. The saying ‘If you Build it, they will come’…

  • Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What you will need to Grow

    Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What you will need to Grow

    The UK climate is not tropical and it is definitely not hot enough to grow melons outside. However.. If you own a greenhouse or a poly tunnel, even a small one, it’s your lucky day! Bingo! you can now grow Mini Melons. What are Mini Melons? Mini Melons are melons but their size is just…