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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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Growing Unusual Vegetables – Summer Squash – Petty Pan (Sow Apr-Early June & Harvest July onwards)
Summer squash is a unique shaped scalloped little vegetable and does not look anything like a butternut squash. It has a flying saucer shape to it and it can fit in the palm of your hand. They come in white, yellow and green. Summer squashes come in two types, Baby Squash also known as Petty…
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It’s time to Sow Pumpkins in May in the UK
There are so many varieties of Pumpkin to grow, there’s one type for everyone and every size garden. Pumpkins Variety – Baby Bear We are sowing Variety – Baby Bear this year. This is a small variety and each pumpkin grows up to 1kg in weight and is a perfect meal for one. There’s usually…
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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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Pea flowers mean Pea Pods on the way
I’m so excited, as it will soon be time to pick the peas in the vegetable garden that never make it to the kitchen. I love the first peas of the season and the pea flowers are so dainty, white and I could look at them all day long. Then come the bees and insects…
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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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