Tag: top tips

  • The Importance of Potting On Vegetable Seedlings from a Small Pot to a Bigger Pot

    The Importance of Potting On Vegetable Seedlings from a Small Pot to a Bigger Pot

    About Mid May, there is a weekend whereby all I do is pot on all my seedlings. I would prefer it if I potted plants on a bit at a time as sometimes it’s very overwhelming to do it all at once, because I don’t know what to do first. The potting on job then…

  • 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…

  • Oh Balls! I’m Growing Courgette Balls

    Oh Balls! I’m Growing Courgette Balls

    I grow Ball Courgettes every year, they are round instead of the normal long shaped courgettes. I love the ball round courgettes as they form on compact plants and they look stunningly unusual in the vegetable garden. A Ball courgette plant can form up to 3 or 4 courgette balls on one plant at one…

  • 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…

  • Part 2 – How to Sow Tomato Seeds with short Sowing Video

    Part 2 – How to Sow Tomato Seeds with short Sowing Video

    Tomatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow. so why not try sowing tomatoes this year. Sow along with me – I’m sowing… Tomato Variety: Cherrola F1 – red cherry tomato from MoreVeg.co.uk Tomato Variety: Orange Cherry – orange cherry tomato from MoreVeg.co.uk When to Sow Tomatoes Greenhouse Tomatoes – Sow: Late February to…

  • Potting On Sweet Peppers – Napia (early red) with Video

    Potting On Sweet Peppers – Napia (early red) with Video

    The red Sweet Peppers – ‘Napia’ which are an early variety from Real Seeds, had really put a growth spurt on compared to their sweet pepper neighbours in the cell tray ‘Tangerine Dream’. At 6 leaves, the red sweet peppers were definitely ready for a larger pot and some fresh compost. How to Pot On…

  • 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…

  • Growing Spring Planting Garlic in Mid March – Is it too late to grow?

    Growing Spring Planting Garlic in Mid March – Is it too late to grow?

    I have not planted Garlic in March before, I usually plant it in November (Growing Garlic with Leeks and Onions) however this year we have finally run out of our Garlic stores so it’s time to plant some more. I’ve bought the following Garlic variety Garcua from the garden centre and it’s also available online…