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The Best Berry for Big Harvests
I announce the best producing and best value berry you could be growing in your garden – The Loganberry. It started with one vine and now grows three vines every year bursting with dark red fruit than looks like a longer raspberry. It is incredible value for money and never disappoints with its harvest. What…
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Winter Vegetable Garden – Video Walkthrough in December
It’s nearly Christmas and time to dig up the parsnips for Christmas Dinner! I hope you have some homegrown vegetables for your dinner as well, if not, there’s always next year! Today is the day after the Winter Solstice. It is a typical winters day, wintery bitter cold from the wind but the sunshine is…
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Challenge Brassica – Part 6 – Kale & Cauliflowers Harvest
I actually prefer growing Brassica’s during the Autumn and Winter. It’s so much easier with no caterpillars and no whitefly pests to deal with. It’s as easy as planting out, leaving them to grow and checking for cauliflowers every month or so. Let’s find out how the Brassica Raised Beds have been doing since October,…
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Parsnips – Sow, Grow, Harvest, Store & Cook
Parsnips are a stable, nutritious winter vegetable and were used in Europeans diets until the Potato came over from America. Europeans then shared Parsnips by taking them to America in like a swap with gratitude. What is a Parsnip? A parsnip is very similar to a carrot and is related to the carrot and parsley…
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Harvest a Leek with Me
The Big Reveal The big reveal of digging your harvest out of the ground never stops being exciting. Your Leeks have endured: We wait patiently for approximately 7 months to harvest a Leek and this is the satisfying moment where we get to dig them out of their snug ground. The Reward Every vegetable harvested…
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Can I Eat My Leeks? – Identifying Common Leek Diseases
Have you found spots or patches on your Leeks? Can you still eat your Leeks? Don’t dig them up and throw them away yet! Let’s take a look at a few common diseases of Leeks to see whether you can still take your leeks to the dinner table. Leek Rust It’s November in the Vegetable…
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October 2024 – Seeds, Veg & Harvest Squash – Timeline
October 2024 Weather Daylight Hours in October in UK: 9 Hours and 55 minutes. Find out your daylight hours by Town in the UK. Weather in October 24: Very wet with consistent rain for two weeks. Foggy mornings. Very Mild with temperatures approx 15 degrees centigrade. My rudbeckia’s are still flowering in the last week…
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Christmas Potatoes – Are they ready to harvest yet?
Christmas potatoes are ready in 12 weeks or 3 months. Signs your Potatoes are a few weeks away from harvesting: Why are they called Christmas Potatoes, if they don’t last until Christmas? Christmas Potatoes are 1st or 2nd Early in type and their foliage does not like the cold or frost. This is why they…
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Lovely Lush Leeks Harvest
This is the first year I have actually grown Leeks from seed so this harvest is a real achievement! My Leeks have gone from looking like blades of grass as seedlings to fattened white stems over the course of seven months. Here’s my Journey with Leeks: Leeks were sown in Root Trainers, these are deep…
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A Guide to Growing Onions from Sets – Free Ebook
So that’s right, I’ve finally written an ebook and this one’s about Onions! And there’s more exciting projects to come. My Ebook is all about Growing Onions from Sets. There’s no need to search the internet for ‘How to Grow Onions’, as all the information, planting details, growing tips, variety comparisons, pests and Diseases quick…
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