Tag: Harvest

  • 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…

  • Sow, Grow & Harvest August 2024 – Growing Diary

    Sow, Grow & Harvest August 2024 – Growing Diary

    August 2024 Weather Daylight Hours in August in UK: 14 Hours. August has definitely been the month for harvesting. It hasn’t been especially hot, mostly maintaining 21 to 24 degrees centigrade with a few hotter days, one day hit 32 degrees C. We also didn’t have any rainfall for a whole month and then some…

  • The Humble Chive Plant – Harvest Free Seeds Next Year

    The Humble Chive Plant – Harvest Free Seeds Next Year

    Chives, have you ever tried growing them? They are the unsung heroes of the vegetable garden and the gift that keeps on giving! All About Chives Chives are part of the allium family and are a perennial which means they can live in the ground for up to 3 years or more. Chives can be…

  • Cooking with Yellow Ball Courgettes – Beef & Rice

    Cooking with Yellow Ball Courgettes – Beef & Rice

    I love cooking and I admit I never follow a recipe properly. I always think it needs more of that or less of this. I’ve not always been good at cooking, when I was teenager, I used to burn everything and my mother use to say you’ll have to marry a man that can cook…

  • 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…

  • A Colourful Harvest Palette – Tomatoes & Sweet Peppers

    A Colourful Harvest Palette – Tomatoes & Sweet Peppers

    ‘Tangerine Dream’ Sweet Pepper, you did not let me down! What a stunning bright Orange bitesized sweet pepper. Tangerine Dream Sweet Peppers grow pointing to the sky instead of hang down like long peppers. They remind me of chilli peppers. They turn from green to a light orange and then a bright orange. They are…

  • 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…

  • July 24 – Vegetable Growing Timeline

    July 24 – Vegetable Growing Timeline

    Here’s what I sowed, grew and harvested in July. July 2024 Weather Statistics in East England, UK Here is what I sowed, growed and harvested in July: Sowings Timeline – July Weekend 1 – 7 July 24 Weekend 8 – 14 July  Weekend 15 – 21 July Weekend 22 – 28 July Weekend 29 July…

  • Part 5 – How to Harvest Sweet Peppers (Rams Horn Type)

    Part 5 – How to Harvest Sweet Peppers (Rams Horn Type)

    This year I’ve grown a great Early variety of Sweet Pepper called ‘Napia’ and some of my early potted plants have already turned red. The rest are still green and they are weighing the plants down. I’ve had about 5 of these rams horn type sweet peppers on each plant. How do I know when…