Tag: Grow Guide

  • Part 5 – Mini Melons Harvest Themselves

    There should definitely be a warning of a crash mat being required and it is so true what they say about Mini Melons harvesting themselves. Harvest themselves? How do they do that? When Mini Melons are ready for harvest, they drop off the vine and harvest themselves! These means you have to keep on eye…

  • 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…

  • Part 4 – Top Tips on Caring for your Mini Melons

    Part 4 – Top Tips on Caring for your Mini Melons

    Mini Melons are an absolute delight to grow and surprisingly very low maintenance, once you have your support system up and running to hold the weight of the mini melons. If you’d like to know what type of Mini Melons you can grow in the UK, read Part 1 – Mini Melons – What Varieties…

  • 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…

  • How To Harvest Spring Planted Garlic

    How To Harvest Spring Planted Garlic

    I really needed to plant some Garlic this year but I’d missed the usual Autumn planting months of September to November, So I decided to try Spring Planted Garlic planted in March but would I actually get any Garlic cloves? (See my original post earlier this year – Growing Spring Planting Garlic in Mid March…

  • 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…

  • Part 7 – How to Harvest a Tomato

    Part 7 – How to Harvest a Tomato

    July is the time of the year when the tomatoes are changing colour so you’ll be getting lot of different shades of green, orange and red. It’s a magical experience seeing all the different colours. Don’t worry if your Tomatoes haven’t turned red yet, please see my – Top 3 Tips to get your Tomatoes…

  • 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…

  • Part 6 – How to Harvest your Broad Bean Pods with Video + FREE PDF Timeline

    It’s been a great year for Broad Beans! If you have grown them for the first time this year and followed my FREE PDF Broad Bean Growing Checklist, you’ll know that they should be ready for harvesting about Mid June onwards. What do Broad Bean pods look like when they are ready to harvest? The…