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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…
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Growing Broad Beans – Part 3 – How To Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans – Free PDF Checklist
I know how daunting it can be when you are a beginning vegetable grower and you don’t know where to start. I was that beginner a few years ago. This is why I have created the How to Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans Checklist to help you through the sowing and growing stages with…
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Why are my Tomatoes not going red? 3 Top Tips to get Tomatoes to turn Red
Sometimes it feels like a lifetime waiting for tomatoes to ripen to red especially when they were sown in January or February and now it’s Late July and you can’t wait any longer! However all hope is not lost, there are 3 things you can do start the process of turning green tomatoes red. 3…
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My Tomato Growing setup in a Greenhouse with a watering system
Last week my Vine Tomato plants – Variety: Costoluto Genovese where looking strong and tall and ready to go into the grow bags for their final positioning. I have been researching methods of growing tomatoes in a greenhouse as the difference from growing outside, is that they will need more water due to the soil…
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Interesting Vegetables – Growing Dwarf Borlotto Beans
I have wanted to grow Borlotto beans for years so this year when I saw there was a dwarf variety of Borlotto bean, I jumped at the chance to sow them in pots first and then squeeze them into my already packed vegetable plot. I grew these dwarf Borlotto beans especially for the beans in…
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Flowers in the Vegetable Garden attract wildlife
I keep saying I’m not very good at growing flowers, vegetables and now fruit seems to be my thing. However in the vegetables garden this summer, there seems to be flowers everywhere. Marigolds These orange and red coloured flowers have been a hit with hoverflies, resting places for honey bees and bumble bees and other…
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The Marigolds Ring of Steel for Tomatoes
Marigolds and Tomatoes go hand in hand as best friends. They love being planted next to one another and are true companions. Why? Years ago when I had a greenhouse, marigolds were the only pest control that worked and kept the whitefly away from my tomatoes. Two years ago, I planted tomatoes outside in my…
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