iGrowVeg

About Me

A photo of me standing by my new Vegetable Plot in April 2007

Hello, My name is Tracey, I’m 31 years old and I live in Essex, UK with my boyfriend and 2 cats.

I have a BSc Hons Environmental Science degree from Greenwich University and I’m currently studying the RHS’s Certificate in Horticulture in my spare time.

I work full time as an Accounts Assistant but always revert back to my love of growing vegetables at the weekends when I’m tending my plot of 3 raised beds in my back garden.

Two and a half years ago I set up my own raised vegetable plots from scratch and started this blog as an online record of my on-going progress.

About My Vegetable Plot

• Location of Plot: Bottom of Back Garden, Essex, UK.
• No. of Raised Beds: 3,
• Size of Raised Beds: 5ft by 4ft and 1ft deep.
• Direction: South Facing
• Shelter: Sheltered on one side by 6ft fence and other side by a Workshop.
• Started Plots: 10 April 2007
• Gardening Method: Organic (no chemicals used on plot).
• Method of protection for pests: Enviromesh, nematodes, homemade giant cloches.
• My Favorite Vegetables: I don’t have a particular favorite but love the taste of freshly picked carrots, broad beans, peas straight from the pod, runner beans and new potatoes.

Vegetable Plot - Beans & Peas

My Vegetable Awards of 2009

• Best Performance: Carrots – Nantes 2 and Chantenay
• Worst Growth: Runner Beans
• Best Newcomer: Onions – Red Cross
• Non-Starter: Spring Cabbages
• Best Taste: Dwarf French Beans – Major
• Best Flowers: Mange Tout – Weggisser
• Human Error: Maincrop Potatoes
• Best Seed Company: The Organic Garden Catalogue and The Real Seed Catalogue
• New Vegetables Grown for 2009: Leeks, Fennel, Onions, Mustard Greens, Salad Endive.

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