Tag: January

  • How to Create a Simple Seed Sowing Setup Indoors

    How to Create a Simple Seed Sowing Setup Indoors

    If you haven’t started sowing seeds indoors on a windowsill or under a grow light, in the next few months you may soon be. Especially if the itch to get sowing becomes too much to deal with during January. The Winter season seems to have shifted in the UK from December to January & February…

  • Vegetable Seeds To Sow in January Indoors

    Vegetable Seeds To Sow in January Indoors

    It’s the New Year, you may have received growing books and seeds for Christmas and now be itching to Start Growing Vegetables. However the season is Winter in the UK and it’s cold so there’s not much chance of sowing anything outside at this time of the year. There is hope, you can start with…

  • Vegetable Garden Update – January – Cauliflower, Kale, Fennel, Cabbage, Carrots.

    Vegetable Garden Update – January – Cauliflower, Kale, Fennel, Cabbage, Carrots.

    The Weather Like every good gardener, I like to talk about the weather and keep up to date what it’s going to do next. The usual weather in the UK in January is cold, frost with periods of rain. We have had rather a mix of lots of rain, a few storms, high winds, a…

  • We have Autumn Cauliflowers!

    We have Autumn Cauliflowers!

    I am so excited to announce my first ever 3 Cauliflowers grown from seed. I spotted them this morning, as the netting came off the Brassica cage a few days ago in the high winds. I’ve kept the netting off so I can check for slugs with the wet weather. They have made my January!…

  • Is it worth starting to sow Vegetable Seeds in January?

    Is it worth starting to sow Vegetable Seeds in January?

    I am a member of a number of Facebook Vegetable Growing Groups and the most asked question at the moment in December is ‘When can I start sowing seeds?’ And ‘What can I grow in January?’ The answer is somewhat mixed, some say yes you can start sowing some vegetables and others say no it’s…