Tag: May

  • Growing Unusual Vegetables – Summer Squash – Petty Pan (Sow Apr-Early June & Harvest July onwards)

    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…

  • It’s time to Sow Pumpkins in May in the UK

    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…

  • Early May Updates – Vegetable Growing Progress

    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…

  • Pea flowers mean Pea Pods on the way

    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…

  • Space Saving in the Vegetable Garden – InterCropping

    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…

  • How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…

  • Part 4 – How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    Part 4 – How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…

  • Week 2 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Week 2 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Pea’s have been planted out and are shooting up I sowed my Peas in root trainers on 20th March and planted them out towards the end of April. They have been in the ground for 2 weeks now and settled in and have started to shoot up the netted wigwams. They have not been protected…

  • Spring Flowers of Fruit

    Spring Flowers of Fruit

    All the fruit trees, bushes and plants we have in our garden this year are now flowering. It is a glorious sight, with the pink Apple blossom and white flowers bells on the blueberries and the white petals on the strawberries. All ready for bearing fruit this year. We also planted some flower bulbs in…