Tag: February

  • Vegetable Seeds To Sow in February

    Vegetable Seeds To Sow in February

    A mixture of cold loving vegetables and warm loving vegetables can be sown in February. Here’s my Top 5 Vegetables to Grow in February Indoors. Cold Loving Vegetables Very Early Peas I love Peas but last year the pigeons chewed and spat out my peas which were located in a pot. This year I’m fighting…

  • When should you Sow Warm Loving plants?

    When should you Sow Warm Loving plants?

    Tomatoes, Aubergines, Sweet & Chilli Peppers are warm loving plants. They originate in tropical countries: What do you need to Grow Warm Loving Vegetables? Indoors – You will need a light bright windowsill in a warm house for germinating seeds. Indoors – Sowing Early – You will need Grow Lights and a heated propagator to…

  • Sowing and Growing Sweet Peppers – Part 1 – Origins, Types and Nutrition

    Sowing and Growing Sweet Peppers – Part 1 – Origins, Types and Nutrition

    What is a Sweet Pepper? A Sweet pepper is a pepper with no heat, that is sweet or fruity in flavour. Sweet Peppers are from the capsicum family of which chilli peppers also belong to. A Bell Pepper is zero on the scoville heat scale and a Sweet Pepper is 1-500 on the scoville heat…

  • February – Buy & Chit your Seed Potatoes & How To Plant Potatoes

    February – Buy & Chit your Seed Potatoes & How To Plant Potatoes

    Growing Potatoes in a container is one of the easiest ways of getting into growing your own vegetables. What does First Early, Second Early and Maincrop mean? First Earlies Plant: Mid March to Mid April. Harvest: Mid June to Mid July. These potatoes are the quickest growers they take 10-12 weeks (3 months) from planting…

  • Vegetable Seeds to Sow in February – Top 5 Veg that take a long time a grow.

    Vegetable Seeds to Sow in February – Top 5 Veg that take a long time a grow.

    The weather is still cold in the UK however the hours of light have increased, making it the perfect time to start sowing vegetable seeds of that take the longest time to grow. Here’s some ideas to get you started. Top 5 Vegetables that take a long time to grow 1. Parsnip – 180 days…

  • Growing Broad Beans – Part 2 – Comparing Varieties

    Growing Broad Beans – Part 2 – Comparing Varieties

    Welcome back to Part 2 of Growing Broad Beans. Here’s the handy links to my other parts in the Growing Broad Beans Series. In this part I’ll be teaching you about the different varieties of Broad Beans and giving you the opportunity to download a Free Broad Bean Variety Comparison PDF, which you can view…

  • Sowing Sweet Pepper Seeds Indoors in Mid February

    Sowing Sweet Pepper Seeds Indoors in Mid February

    I’ve been itching to start sowing my seeds this year and one of the first seeds to sow in Mid February are the Sweet Peppers. My Chosen Variety: Semaroh An Eastern European Sweet Pepper which is long and slim like a bulls horn. Measure to 16cm long and turns from green to red. They are…

  • Musselburgh Leek Harvest in February

    Musselburgh Leek Harvest in February

    Back in August 2022, we planted our Leek plug plants out into our new raised beds. We have been harvesting the smaller leeks from December and then the ground was frozen so it has been difficult to harvest anything. It’s now February and I’m thinking ahead to Spring thinking we are going to need the…

  • Garlic and Onions – Green Shoots to Spring

    Garlic and Onions – Green Shoots to Spring

    The snow has melted and out comes the sunshine ready for a launch into Springtime (hopefully). Although there’s another cold snap due this week in the UK. A bit of sunshine and the weather is warming up, Springs plants into action with green shoots popping up, The birds are tweeting and the sunshine is fleeting,…

  • Jobs in the Vegetable Garden in February

    Jobs in the Vegetable Garden in February

    Last weekend was the beginning of the better weather for the UK, so I was out in the garden giving the vegetable plot a spring clean and my husband was clearing out our shed so we have a bit of room for my new potting bench from Aldi (bought last year) so we can sow…