About Me

Tracey Bacon

I’m Tracey Bacon, 33 years old and author of iGrowVeg.com
My blog aims to show that anyone can start growing their own vegetables in their back garden, balcony, windowsill or in pots.

I started iGrowVeg in 2007 after I moved into my first house with a garden and decided I wanted to grow my own vegetables. I built 3 wooden raised beds (5ft by 4ft by 12 inches deep) filled with topsoil, compost and farmyard manure and it was then I wondered what I could grow.

I started writing my blog as a reminder as to what month I could sow and harvest each vegetable. I received questions and comments from other vegetable growers around the world and realised through blogging I could help other people on their adventurers to grow their own vegetables by sharing my journey and experiences on my blog.

New Cloche on Raised Beds

Since April 2007, I have written over 450 posts and pages on growing your own vegetables, produced a 7 part series on Planning your own Veg Garden and have a Free Resources page. iGrowVeg has over 1000 followers on Twitter, 350 Feedburner Email Subscribers and 600+ have joined my newsletter.

Study and Work

I have an BSc Hons in Environmental Science and RHS Level 2 Certificate in Plant Growth. In my 9 to 5 day job, I am an Assistant Accountant and have worked in accounts for around 7 years now.

Home

I have been with my other half for a decade and we live together in Essex with 2 cats (Dangerous Dave and Ted).

Likes

I’ve never really grown up as I still love horror films, fantasy fiction, heavy metal music and watching Trueblood, Dexter, Misfits, Skins, Vampire Diaries to name a few. I also love my Apple iMac and iPad hence the lowercase i in iGrowveg and credit to my other half for coming up with my blog name.
I also can be found on Twitter.