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Focus on September – Quick Growing Asian Greens
If you are looking for a different brand of edible leaf, (that’s more interesting than lettuce), try sowing Asian Greens this Autumn. They are green, red, spicy, serrated, large to frilly to round leaves, with a taste ranging from mild to pungent. These cool weather loving leafy greens are common in Asian Cuisine. You may…
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What shall I Sow or Plant next in Raised Beds at End June to July?
In the vegetable garden at the end of June, there is a real moment of what shall I do next? Some of the early and leafy vegetable harvests have finished, garlic has been dug up and it’s time to clear the plants. But what do I plant next? End of June to July is the…
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The Best Time to Grow Brassicas is Winter
It’s official, after my Challenge Brassica project this winter, the best time to grow brassicas is… drumroll …. the Winter. Why? The main reason and biggest reason is – that there are NO pests! Let me just wait until that sinks in a moment, yes I said No Pests. Brassicas like cabbages, kale, Brussels sprouts…
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Winter Vegetable Garden – Video Walkthrough in December
It’s nearly Christmas and time to dig up the parsnips for Christmas Dinner! I hope you have some homegrown vegetables for your dinner as well, if not, there’s always next year! Today is the day after the Winter Solstice. It is a typical winters day, wintery bitter cold from the wind but the sunshine is…
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Plant Shallots with Me in November
Growing your own vegetables means that you can harvest gourmet quality vegetables, fresh from your garden. Shallots are considered gourmet because of their depth of flavour and this lends itself well in cooking. Top restaurants and chefs use shallots in their dishes. A shallot has a milder onion flavour with a hint of garlic. Are…
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Challenge Brassica – Part 4 – Exploring Netting, Hoops, Cages for all Budgets
The Brassicas are settling in to their newly replenished soil in their Raised beds for the winter so now all they need is a cover to protect from pigeons and the frost. Read my guide to Frost in Winter is Coming – All About Frost for Autumn/Winter Vegetables. Types of Covers for Vegetables Once you…
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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in October & GYO Halloween Speedy Leaf Bowl
You may be surprised to know that there are vegetable seeds you can sow in October. Overwintering Vegetables Most of the seeds and bulbs planted in October are to be overwintered which means to survive the winter and to be harvested in Spring. Vegetables to Harvest this year If you are looking for quick harvests…
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Challenge Brassica – Part 2 – Soil Replenishing & The No Dig Method
It’s hard to believe but Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale and kohl Rabi all belong to the same family ‘Brassica Oleracea’. This means Wild Cabbage. Brassica’s are all leaves (apart from cauliflowers) and they need nitrogen in the soil and lots of it to form those rich in nutrients green leaves. These green leaves are…
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Autumn Vegetable Garden – Video Walkthrough
It is September and Autumn is here. There is a visible shift in the Vegetable Garden in Autumn, the nights draw in, daylight hours reduce to 12 hours and growing slows down. There are the Autumn harvests to look forward to like the squashes and pumpkins that are fattening up or ripening. And the joy…
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Vegetables To Sow & Plant in September
In the UK, September seems to be a mixture of a last minute Indian summer and autumn trying to push in as well. There’s still a few things you can sow and plant in September. By all these lovely tokens, September days are here. With summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.” –…
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