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March Veg Seed Sowings & Seedlings Update
I can’t believe it’s the end of March and there’s quite a bit growing in the greenhouse already. The weather has been warmer than usual in March which has been great for seed germination and growing seedlings. Warning – There’s still a chance of frost until End of April here but some places in the…
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October 2024 – Seeds, Veg & Harvest Squash – Timeline
October 2024 Weather Daylight Hours in October in UK: 9 Hours and 55 minutes. Find out your daylight hours by Town in the UK. Weather in October 24: Very wet with consistent rain for two weeks. Foggy mornings. Very Mild with temperatures approx 15 degrees centigrade. My rudbeckia’s are still flowering in the last week…
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Lovely Lush Leeks Harvest
This is the first year I have actually grown Leeks from seed so this harvest is a real achievement! My Leeks have gone from looking like blades of grass as seedlings to fattened white stems over the course of seven months. Here’s my Journey with Leeks: Leeks were sown in Root Trainers, these are deep…
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Sow, Grow & Harvest in September 2024 – Timeline
September 2024 Weather Daylight Hours in September in UK: 11 Hours and 39 minutes. Find out your daylight hours by Town in the UK. Weather in September 24: Very Mild with temperatures approx 20 degrees centigrade for the first few weeks, with thunderstorms and rain in the third week. Temperatures taking a tumble in the…
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July 24 – Vegetable Growing Timeline
Here’s what I sowed, grew and harvested in July. July 2024 Weather Statistics in East England, UK Here is what I sowed, growed and harvested in July: Sowings Timeline – July Weekend 1 – 7 July 24 Weekend 8 – 14 July Weekend 15 – 21 July Weekend 22 – 28 July Weekend 29 July…
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Grow Your Own Sweetcorn Cobs – July Update
There is nothing quite like homegrown Sweetcorn. There simply isn’t! As a child, I didn’t even like sweetcorn that much (but I’d always had it in a can as a child) and I hadn’t even realised how sweetcorn was grown until I watched movies when I was young. Fast forward 25 years and I have…
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What I have been Sowing, Growing & Harvesting in June 2024
Here’s the end of the month round up of what I have been Sowing, Growing and Harvesting in June. In the UK, June 2024 has been quite summery with 25 days out of 30 being sunny or cloudy. Temperature on average has been 19 degrees centigrade. Until the heatwave of 4 days at the end…
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Part 6 – How to Harvest your Broad Bean Pods with Video + FREE PDF Timeline
It’s been a great year for Broad Beans! If you have grown them for the first time this year and followed my FREE PDF Broad Bean Growing Checklist, you’ll know that they should be ready for harvesting about Mid June onwards. What do Broad Bean pods look like when they are ready to harvest? The…
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Vegetable Growing Timeline – May
Welcome to May’s Growing Timeline, a round up of what to Sow, Grow & Harvest in May. The sun is now warm, daylight hours long and frost has passed in most areas. Yipee you can sow and grow almost anything! May 2024 Weather Statistics in East England, UK May 2024 Weather In the UK, May…
