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Think Like a Tomato Plant: What Your Tomato Plants are Trying to Tell You
Welcome to the Think Like a Plant series. This is a new collection of vegetable growing articles designed to help you think like a grower by understanding the plants you grow. Instead of simply following gardening instructions, this series explores what vegetable plants, like tomatoes, actually need to grow well, stay healthy, and produce strong…
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Can you Sow & Grow Sweetcorn in Raised Beds?
Sweetcorn has been growing successfully in my raised beds for the past 3 years. Yes, you can grow your own Sweetcorn in Raised Beds in a small garden. Sowing Sweetcorn It’s May in the east of the UK and time to sow Sweetcorn and I’ve got to be quick and sow it before the end…
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The Sow Grow Harvest Vegetable Garden in May
May is the time for established green growth and time to sow seeds for Summer and Autumn. Veg Garden Update Raised Bed 1 – Shallots, Garlic, Cabbages & Cauliflower. Veg Highlight – Shallots The Shallots were started in cell trays last November and look at them now! This is how a Shallot makes extra bulbs…
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It’s May – What vegetables can I sow & plant?
May is the time for Potting on plants, planting outside and setting up the tomatoes & warm loving fruits in the greenhouse. If you haven’t sown any seeds yet, don’t worry theres plenty to start in the month of May. Successional Sowings This means sowing seeds over and over again to keep your vegetables or…
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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…
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Pest – Pigeons attacking Peas
I am new to this problem but Pigeons are attacking my Peas! A Wood Pigeons favourite vegetables are Peas, brassica family like cabbage leaves and broccoli leaves. They also like berries, currants and strawberries. Signs that Pigeons are attacking your Plants Solutions – How do I stop the Pigeons eating my Pea plants? The Pest…
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Part 5 – Broad Beans – Flowering & Beans Growing
Thanks for joining me for Part 5 of my Broad Bean Series, if you have missed any previous parts, here’s the recap. And don’t forget the FREE downloadable PDF Checklist for Growing Broad Beans (Part 3) – all the details in one place so you can tick it off as you grow! Part 1 📕…
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How to Plant Out Sweetcorn into a Raised Bed with Video
Sweetcorn is one of the best vegetables to grow for yourself. Sweetcorn tastes so much more juicer, sweet and fresh when you harvest from your garden compared with the corn on the cobs from supermarkets. Difficulty Growing Level: Easy Sweetcorn is surprisingly easy to grow because they do not need much attention. Recap on Sowing…
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The Importance of Potting On Vegetable Seedlings from a Small Pot to a Bigger Pot
About Mid May, there is a weekend whereby all I do is pot on all my seedlings. I would prefer it if I potted plants on a bit at a time as sometimes it’s very overwhelming to do it all at once, because I don’t know what to do first. The potting on job then…
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Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What you will need to Grow
The UK climate is not tropical and it is definitely not hot enough to grow melons outside. However.. If you own a greenhouse or a poly tunnel, even a small one, it’s your lucky day! Bingo! you can now grow Mini Melons. What are Mini Melons? Mini Melons are melons but their size is just…
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