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How to Fix Leggy Seedlings & Other Issues
Starting to sow seeds indoors in January can present problems due to light levels, overwatering or under watering but knowing how to fix these common issues can increase your chances to growing healthy seedlings Common Indoor Growing Issues Leggy Seedlings Leggy Seedlings are the number one problem of growing seeds indoors too early. It is…
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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…
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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in October & GYO Halloween Speedy Leaf Bowl
You may be surprised to know that there are vegetable seeds you can sow in October. Overwintering Vegetables Most of the seeds and bulbs planted in October are to be overwintered which means to survive the winter and to be harvested in Spring. Vegetables to Harvest this year If you are looking for quick harvests…
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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,…
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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July
There’s still time to start growing veg this year! Can’t decide what to grow? Let me give you a helping hand so you can sow the best seeds for July’s Summer Season. The Summer Holidays are coming up as well so if you need to keep the kids entertained, get them involved, heck, get the…
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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…
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Lettuce and Pak Choi Harvest in Late May and Early June
This year has been a successful year for Green Lettuce and a poor year for red Lettuce as only one seed germinated. I sowed 3 types of lettuce this year, a romaine green lettuce, a red lettuce and a light green loose leaf lettuce – Black Seeded Simpson. This is the first time I’ve had…
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Early May Updates – Vegetable Growing Progress
There’s has been lots of progress this past month, here’s some of my highlights on my vegetable plot and greenhouse. The greenhouse has been great in the cold, windy and wetter weather. Seeds have still been germinating in approximately 7 to 10 days. And there’s still room in the greenhouse which is great. Yesterday the…
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Space Saving in the Vegetable Garden – InterCropping
One of the skills you need to keep your vegetable garden thriving is organisation. You will need to be able to sow seeds and when the seedlings are ready to plant out into your raised beds, you will need to work out where to put them. This is where a space saving vegetable garden will…
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5 Easy Vegetables to Grow in May in your Garden
1. Radish Radishes have got to be the Number 1 easiest vegetable to grow. Push the seeds into the soil in March onwards in pots or the ground and ‘hay presto’ a radish after a minimum of 4 weeks. Radishes are a great vegetable to start children off growing with as they are a quick…
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