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Week 1 in June – Vegetable Planting Progress
It has been a hot week, which has spurred on the vegetables to get growing especially the Tomatoes and Sweet Peppers (which I’d almost given up on). Even though the tomatoes are still small plants, they have grown lots of leaves so I would usually pot them on into a larger pot at this time.…
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Week 4 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress
This week I’m sowing Dwarf Beans. I have been delaying the sowing of dwarf beans to check it’s the right temperature for germination. I must admit I’m quite excited this year as I’m growing a few different varieties that I’ve grown before and one new one Dwarf Borlotto Bean. It’s grown for its colourful red…
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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…
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How to Plan Your Vegetable Plot – Part 3 – Choosing Vegetable Varieties
If you’ve read my How to Plan your Vegetable Plot Parts 1 and 2, your plot will be ready so now all’s that’s left is to work out which vegetable variety to choose. How to choose a Vegetable Variety There are hundreds of vegetable varieties to choose from so where do you look first? And…
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How to Plan your Vegetable Plot – Part 2 – What veg goes where?
The weather plays a huge part in growing vegetables as some vegetables love the sunshine and some can live in the shade so it’s very important to take notes on where the sunshine hits your plot in the morning, at midday and in the afternoon. The way sun hits your garden or plot will also…
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How To Store and Organise Vegetable Seeds
I use to have a tin to store my seeds in, but I had a problem with not being able to see all the seeds I had in one go. Some might say I’m a bit OCD, with my organising of my vegetable seed packets as I have to put them in alphabetical order and…
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How to Plan your Vegetable Plot – Part 1 – What to grow & where to grow it.
There are always lots of decisions when it comes to planning your own plot. Whether you have vegetables in the ground and what to plant next or if you are starting with a new plot, here’s how to start planning your own Vegetable Plot. 1. What do you want to grow? Some people might think…
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Vegetable growing for mental health
With the Covid times we are faced with at the moment, I find vegetable growing a good distraction from the world. I can potter about in my back garden focusing only on the seeds or plants or vegetables forming which takes your mind away from the busy life we lead at work or at home.…
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