Tag: March

  • Your Vegetable Sowing Schedule for March

    Your Vegetable Sowing Schedule for March

    This is your reminder to sow some seeds in March, before the popular sowing month begins next month in April. If you are a bit overwhelmed with where to begin, then here is a March Sowing Plan just for you. There’s a Free Download in PDF format to keep on your phone. Start sowing in…

  • When should you Sow Warm Loving plants?

    When should you Sow Warm Loving plants?

    Tomatoes, Aubergines, Sweet & Chilli Peppers are warm loving plants. They originate in tropical countries: What do you need to Grow Warm Loving Vegetables? Indoors – You will need a light bright windowsill in a warm house for germinating seeds. Indoors – Sowing Early – You will need Grow Lights and a heated propagator to…

  • Part 3 – How to Choose a Tomato Variety to Grow

    Part 3 – How to Choose a Tomato Variety to Grow

    There are more than 10,000 Tomato varieties worldwide! Tomato World Records There are a number of word records broken with Tomatoes. 1. Tallest Tomato Plant – according to the Guinness World of Records, a UK company in October 1999 reached a height of 19.8 meters (65 ft). 2. Most Cherry Tomatoes grown on a single…

  • Part 4 – How to Plant Out Broad Beans into a Raised Bed with Video

    Part 4 – How to Plant Out Broad Beans into a Raised Bed with Video

    If you have been using my Free PDF Broad Bean Growing Checklist and have sown your seeds and they have germinated. You may now be ready to plant out your Broad Beans in a Raised bed. You will Need: How to Plant out Broad Beans in your Raised Bed How to Plant out Broad Bean…

  • Tomatoes – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Reasons to Grow

    Origins Tomatoes are originally from a South America, Central America and Mexico. They arrived in Europe in 16th century from the Spanish but people didn’t like them and they only became popular in the UK in the 18th Century. Other Names for Tomato Tomatoes were originally called Tomatl in Aztec times and then change over…

  • Pick of the Veg Crops – Tomatoes – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Reasons to Grow

    Pick of the Veg Crops – Tomatoes – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Reasons to Grow

    Origins Tomatoes are originally from a South America, Central America and Mexico. They arrived in Europe in 16th century from the Spanish but people didn’t like them and they only became popular in the UK in the 18th Century. Other Names for Tomato Tomatoes were originally called Tomatl in Aztec times and then change over…

  • How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Video

    How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Video

    Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…

  • Sweet Peppers ‘Tangerine Dream’ and ‘Napia’ have Germinated!

    Sweet Peppers ‘Tangerine Dream’ and ‘Napia’ have Germinated!

    I was so happy with my sweet peppers last year that this year I have upgraded my cell trays (as last years sowings were started in a mushroom tray) and I started sowing my Sweet Peppers indoors in these: Windowsill Cell Trays with Lids from Amazon. These cell trays have been ideal and come with…

  • February – Buy & Chit your Seed Potatoes & How To Plant Potatoes

    February – Buy & Chit your Seed Potatoes & How To Plant Potatoes

    Growing Potatoes in a container is one of the easiest ways of getting into growing your own vegetables. What does First Early, Second Early and Maincrop mean? First Earlies Plant: Mid March to Mid April. Harvest: Mid June to Mid July. These potatoes are the quickest growers they take 10-12 weeks (3 months) from planting…

  • Growing Broad Beans – Part 2 – Comparing Varieties

    Growing Broad Beans – Part 2 – Comparing Varieties

    Welcome back to Part 2 of Growing Broad Beans. Here’s the handy links to my other parts in the Growing Broad Beans Series. In this part I’ll be teaching you about the different varieties of Broad Beans and giving you the opportunity to download a Free Broad Bean Variety Comparison PDF, which you can view…