I’ve only ever tried seed saving once before with my runner bean seeds and to my horror they became a mouldy mess in the bottom of a brown paper bag. Urgh!
This time I thought I’d try again with the Mange Tout ‘Golden Sweet’ plants which have now dried out in the sun and some [...]
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Here is my modest Carrot and French Bean harvest, not as sizeable as last years summer harvest but the carrots have definitely performed better this year with still loads more in the ground ready to harvest.
Carrots
Varieties Grown: Heritage ‘Beta III’ and ‘Scarlet Horn’.
See Post: Sowing carrots and other Veg in April
Carrots Timeline:
Sowed: 6th April 2010
Harvested: [...]
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Hopefully since the last Part 6 – Putting Your Plan into Action, you’ve reaped the rewards from your growing vegetables by having a few good harvests and more to come before the end of the Summer.
In the months of July and August in the UK, you will now now need to be thinking about [...]
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Every year I grow Tomatoes even though I say its not worth the effort this year, I grow them anyway. I have a love hate relationship with them every year.
Out of all the vegetables to grow, most people start vegetable growing with tomatoes and I think they are the most attention seeking vegetables of all, [...]
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Now I’m not about to moan at the weather, no not one bit (even though us Brits are famed for it), I’m grateful we’ve had brilliant sunshine for a few weeks (on and off and hopefully still for a few more months yet) however sudden hot weather and hot temperatures are not good for growing [...]
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I’m glad to report that my beetroot is growing very successfully under cloche number 3 next to the perpetual spinach and heritage carrots.
The main tips for growing success I’m following are water at soil level and not from above to prevent blotches on the leaves (I was watering above to start with, but now the [...]
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Nasturtiums are a natural method of pest control in your garden and have striking red, yellow and orange flowers in between their large umbrella shaped leaves which provide an attraction in your pots or borders not just for you but for many bugs and pests as well.
Nasturtiums are grown from seed very easily from March [...]
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Inevitably as a vegetable grower you will come across at least one pest or disease in a growing year, the trick is to arm yourself with the knowledge of how to prevent, divert or get rid of pests when they arrive, so your vegetables continue growing without too much interruption.
In this summer series of [...]
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Sowing in June & July – Kohl Rabi, Kale, Broccoli, Lettuce, Carrots
Posted on 27. Jun, 2010 by Tracey.
Theres still plenty to be sowing in June and July to make sure you grab a harvest this summer and autumn. See my other posts Vegetables To Sow in June and Vegetables To Sow in July for more details of vegetables to grow at this time of the year.
I’ve now made my final sowings of [...]
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I’ve only ever grown autumn sowing broad beans until now and I’ve discovered that I can extend my broad bean harvesting period over several more weeks following on from my autumn sown crop.
Autumn Sowing Broad Beans
These types of broad beans like Super Aquadulce and The Sutton can be sown in October or November under cloches [...]
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