Tag: radish

  • Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July

    Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July

    There’s still time to start growing veg this year! Can’t decide what to grow? Let me give you a helping hand so you can sow the best seeds for July’s Summer Season. The Summer Holidays are coming up as well so if you need to keep the kids entertained, get them involved, heck, get the…

  • June Harvest – Lettuce, Radish, Broad Beans, Cucumbers, Logan Berries, Blueberries.

    June Harvest – Lettuce, Radish, Broad Beans, Cucumbers, Logan Berries, Blueberries.

    June is the month for Harvests and this year is no exception. Here are the harvests I’ve had this month in the Vegetable Garden. Red ‘Walderman Dark’ Lettuce I absolutely love red lettuce. I love the texture of the leaves, they look like they are bubbling and shiny. The flash of green in the centre…

  • Growing Mini Vegetables for Children & Big Kids (Adults)

    Growing Mini Vegetables for Children & Big Kids (Adults)

    Mini Vegetables are a great way to get children and big kids (adults) excited about growing vegetables. These types of vegetables are smaller than the normal size making them perfect for handling and for healthy snacking. Last year we grew Mini Cucumbers ‘Mini Munch’ for the first time in the greenhouse. From 3 plants, my…

  • Radish Harvest – Sow to Harvest in 4 Weeks

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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 July Progress in the Vegetable Garden

    Early July Progress in the Vegetable Garden

    July is the month for filling the gaps in your vegetable beds, waiting for harvests and buying seed for sowing July to August for Autumn and winter vegetables. This year we are having a mild summer in the UK, with periods of rain and very short periods of heat up to 30 degrees centigrade. We…

  • June Vegetable Harvest – Lettuce, Peas, Radish and Baby Cucumbers.

    June Vegetable Harvest – Lettuce, Peas, Radish and Baby Cucumbers.

    It’s the third week in June, the UK has reached nearly 30 degrees centigrade for the first time this year and we are overrun with Lettuce. This year is a good year for Lettuce! Lettuce, lettuce and more lettuce We have 6 fully grown romaine lettuces plus some loose leaf lettuce and it’s lettuce for…

  • 5 Easy Vegetables to Grow in May in your Garden

    5 Easy Vegetables to Grow in May in your Garden

    1. Radish Radishes have got to be the Number 1 easiest vegetable to grow. Push the seeds into the soil in March onwards in pots or the ground and ‘hay presto’ a radish after a minimum of 4 weeks. Radishes are a great vegetable to start children off growing with as they are a quick…