Tag: Harvest

  • 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…

  • July Harvests – Peach, Blackberry, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Sweet Peppers & Cucumbers

    July Harvests – Peach, Blackberry, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Sweet Peppers & Cucumbers

    July is another month for harvests. This year I have been enjoying the fruit as well as our vegetables. I am particularly enjoying the following harvests: 1. Lettuce ‘Outrageous’ Started Harvesting: 13 July & ongoing. This lettuce is a cos type, low growing with a tight oval shaped leaves. The best thing is the colour,…

  • Keeping the ‘Tangerine Dream’ Alive! – Sweet Peppers are Changing Colour

    Keeping the ‘Tangerine Dream’ Alive! – Sweet Peppers are Changing Colour

    It’s early July and it’s that time of the year again when the magic happens, THE magical colour changing event 🎉, this is when it’s time for early varieties of Sweet Pepper to change from Green to reddy brown to Red (or from green to any other colour like yellow, orange, purple, black depending on…

  • Growing Pumpkins – Let’s Get Ready to Ramble!

    Growing Pumpkins – Let’s Get Ready to Ramble!

    This year I am growing a medium size Pumpkin variety called Bellatrix F1 and I’m quite excited to see if it will get to a medium size and how long the vines will be! Pumpkin Variety I’m Growing: Bellatrix F1 I bought the seeds from MoreVeg.co.uk as they are reliable in germination and a very…

  • What I have been Sowing, Growing & Harvesting in June 2024

    What I have been Sowing, Growing & Harvesting in June 2024

    Here’s the end of the month round up of what I have been Sowing, Growing and Harvesting in June. In the UK, June 2024 has been quite summery with 25 days out of 30 being sunny or cloudy. Temperature on average has been 19 degrees centigrade. Until the heatwave of 4 days at the end…

  • June Harvest – Lettuce, Radish, Broad Beans, Cucumbers, Logan Berries, Blueberries.

    June Harvest – Lettuce, Radish, Broad Beans, Cucumbers, Logan Berries, Blueberries.

    June is the month for Harvests and this year is no exception. Here are the harvests I’ve had this month in the Vegetable Garden. Red ‘Walderman Dark’ Lettuce I absolutely love red lettuce. I love the texture of the leaves, they look like they are bubbling and shiny. The flash of green in the centre…

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

    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…

  • Radish Harvest – Sow to Harvest in 4 Weeks

    Radish Harvest – Sow to Harvest in 4 Weeks

    Radishes were the first vegetable I decided to grow, when I first started growing my own vegetables. I chose to start with Radish because it is the easiest vegetable to grow, they are so quick to harvest in just 4 weeks. I still grow Radishes today for that very reason. I believe everyone can grow…

  • Vegetable Garden Plan 2024 & May Growings

    Vegetable Garden Plan 2024 & May Growings

    Here’s my Vegetable Garden Plan for Year 2024. My plan is a work in progress and I’m always changing things about. I had too many Onions this year and couldn’t bear to part with any of them so I have placed the second lot of 50 onions (grown in cell trays) in the ‘Squash’ section…

  • Early May 2024 – Vegetable Garden Update – Garlic, Onions, Leek, Broad Beans & Radish

    Early May 2024 – Vegetable Garden Update – Garlic, Onions, Leek, Broad Beans & Radish

    Here’s my Vegetable Garden Plan for Year 2024. My plan is a work in progress and I’m always changing things about. I had too many Onions this year and couldn’t bear to part with any of them so I have placed the second lot of 50 onions (grown in cell trays) in the ‘Squash’ section…