Tag: May

  • Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What do you need to Grow

    Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What do you 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…

  • Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What you will need to Grow

    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…

  • How to Plant Out Leeks in a Raised Bed with Video

    How to Plant Out Leeks in a Raised Bed with Video

    May is the time to Plant Out your Leeks so they have enough time to fatten up for the winter. Top 3 Growing Conditions for Leeks Leeks are quite easy to grow but they do need the following 3 things: How to Plant Out Leek Plants in a Raised Bed with Video 📋 You will…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Interesting Vegetables: Growing Ball Courgettes – Green Striped Ball – Piccolo F1

    Interesting Vegetables: Growing Ball Courgettes – Green Striped Ball – Piccolo F1

    The shape of these courgettes fascinates me and how they grow on the courgette plant. One of the best things about growing your own vegetables is the wide variety of shapes and different varieties you can grow yourself and not find in the shops. Why grow normal courgettes, when you can grow ball courgettes? A…

  • Late May Update – Vegetable Growing Progress

    Late May Update – Vegetable Growing Progress

    The growing month has been definitely May and I’m sure it will continue into June. All my plants have grown substantially in May and now there’s hardly anything left in the greenhouse as almost everything has been planted outside. Here’s a Video Walkthrough of my Vegetable Garden in Video in Late May. Vegetables planted out…