Tag: greenhouse

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

    Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What do you 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…

  • 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…

  • How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Planting Video

    How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Planting Video

    Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…

  • How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Video

    How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Video

    Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…

  • And Finally… The Italian Job – Tomato Harvest in Late August

    And Finally… The Italian Job – Tomato Harvest in Late August

    And finally the Italian beefsteak tomatoes – Variety: Costoluto Genovese have gone red. They have been in the greenhouse and due to the stems getting so heavy they fell over so they have now all been harvested. Update on the Greenhouse Growbag watering system In May, I posted – My Tomato Growing Setup about my…

  • My Tomato Growing setup in a Greenhouse with a watering system

    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…

  • Early May Updates – Vegetable Growing Progress

    Early May Updates – Vegetable Growing Progress

    There’s has been lots of progress this past month, here’s some of my highlights on my vegetable plot and greenhouse. The greenhouse has been great in the cold, windy and wetter weather. Seeds have still been germinating in approximately 7 to 10 days. And there’s still room in the greenhouse which is great. Yesterday the…

  • I Love Peas and I want to grow them all year

    I Love Peas and I want to grow them all year

    I love growing peas and a few years ago I managed to grow them successionally for a few months during the spring and summer. This year I want to try and grow peas one variety after the other from sowings in early February to October which means I need a very early variety to start…