Potatoes Planted – Better Late Than Never
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Tracey.
I am a little late with my potatoes, tomatoes and peppers this year. If you’ve got some vegetables that you might have forgotten about, whether it be potato tubers or old seeds or flowers you haven’t potted on yet, its definitely worth planting them and giving them ago.
I’ve been tidying out my mini greenhouse [...]
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Pests or Not? Ants on Broad Beans
Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Tracey.
During May when broad beans are flowering you may find ants running up and down the stems feeding from small dark black spots. These dark black spots are clusters of tiny blackfly (or black bean aphids) and the ants will be farming them and eating their honey dew secretions.
If you have ants, you usually [...]
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5 Weeks Update – Carrot, Beetroot, Cabbage, Chard, Spinach Seedlings
Posted on 16. May, 2010 by Tracey.
Following on from my post in April when I sowed Carrots, beetroot, cabbage, chard, spinach, spring onion, mange tout and radish seeds, my new seedlings have been growing quite fast. To see how long its taken for them to rise above the soil, please view my recent post ‘How many weeks does it take for [...]
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Vegetable Mad Science Experiments – We Love Em! Part 1 Beans
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Tracey.
Do you remember doing science experiments at school like the coin being cleaned when dropped in a beaker of coke or making a balloon rocket and firing it over the sports field? Even as adults we still have an inquisitive nature to discover the unknown.
We all like trying to conquer new things in our vegetable [...]
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Vibrant Leafy Vegetables To Add Colour To Your Beds
Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Tracey.
As the weather has taken a decidedly turn for the worst, we’ll all need cheering up again in the garden soon, so why not try sowing some vibrant vegetables now so when the sun finally appears they’ll be bright, edible and looking radiant in your beds and pots.
1. Chard (Beta vulgaris) or Swiss Chard
A leaf [...]
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April Vegetable Plot Update – Seedlings & New Life
Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.
April has been a busy month getting to grips with the new sowing season. All sowings are in my raised beds for the month with my french beans to be sown in modules at the end of april.
As the ground is warm and the sunshine has been out, most of my seedling have germinated [...]
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How many weeks does it take for my seedlings to appear?
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.
After we’ve sowed our seeds, we all want to know when are they going to appear above the soil? Its a waiting game and I’m always popping out to check if they have emerged and its all part of the fun. But wouldn’t it be great if you knew roughly when to expect the arrival [...]
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Flowering Vegetables to Brighten Up Your Back Garden
Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.
I’m a vegetable grower which means I don’t spend as much time as I’d like on buying or sowing flowers. In fact apart from my spring bulbs (which look great at this time of year), four year old shrubs and a hollyhock, my borders look a bit sad to say the least. However I have [...]
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Top Ten Tips to Keep Your Vegetables Happy on Sunny Days
Posted on 24. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.
Apparently April in the UK is now going to be one of the driest on record so how can we help our plants cope with the sunshine and heat.
1. Don’t Water at Midday
Watering should be done first thing in the morning or in the evening so the water can have chance to seep into the [...]
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BBC’s Dig In – Grow Your Own Vegetables in Containers
Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.
This year in my garden I’m trying to squeeze in vegetables where-ever I can and as we are concentrating on painting and cleaning up our decking area, this is a ripe sunny area which is going to be great for large pots and planters.
As soon as the BBC’s Dig In Campaign popped up on Gardeners [...]
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