Tag: Growing Fruit

  • Strawberry Fields Forever

    Strawberry Fields Forever

    I would be happy growing strawberries in fields forever, if I had a field, but I don’t. So I’ll have to just stick to my small raised bed for now. You don’t need big fields to get a good crop of strawberries, you only need a small space because the plants can be packed together…

  • Part 5 – Mini Melons Harvest Themselves

    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…

  • 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…

  • Strawberries – How to Multiply your Number of Strawberry Plants

    Strawberries – How to Multiply your Number of Strawberry Plants

    Do you love strawberries? Yes! I do too and I love a freebie or two. Strawberries are one of the fruiting plants that love to give the gift of more plants year after year. How do I get more Strawberry plants next year? Well I’m glad you asked, I’ve just finished potting up about 11…

  • 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’…

  • 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 2 – How to Sow Mini Melon Seeds

    Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 2 – How to Sow Mini Melon Seeds

    Welcome back for Part 2 of my mini series on How to Grow Mini Melons. Mini Melons are melons that grow smaller than normal melons thus they grow quicker and are easy to handle in the greenhouse. If you missed Part 1 📕- Varieties and what you need to grow Melons, check it out here.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • All About our Fruit Garden

    All About our Fruit Garden

    This year we have started a new fruit garden to go along with the vegetables we are growing. Blueberries We are currently growing two different varieties of Blueberries so we can harvest them one after the other. Blueberry – Chandler This variety is known for the worlds largest blueberry. With a delicious flavour and ripening…