I have been growing cabbages ever since I started growing vegetables in my back garden raised beds, so nearing on four years I would have thought I might have got it sussed by now?! Well my answer is kind of. The first year I had a large amount of cabbages but learn’t that growing them [...]
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I haven’t really spoken about my peppers this year as I wasn’t sure about them surviving my mini greenhouse experience (see Growing Tomatoes – Is It Really Worth the Effort?). I don’t know why as its been hotter than the Mediterranean this year but they have surpassed my expectations. It is the first time I [...]
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More July Harvests of Beetroot, Spinach, Cabbage & Spring Onions
Posted on 31. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
The harvests just keep on coming, beetroot, perpetual spinach, carrots, summer cabbage leaves and spring onions are now ready for harvesting. Spring Onions Variety Growing: Purplette Spring Onions are quite an underrated vegetable as they do take a fair amount of time to grow. Mine are still quite small however I was really pining for [...]
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In vegetable growing, a lot changes in a month so I thought I’d show you a snapshot of what is happening right now in mid summer on my plot, what pests and diseases I’m suffering from, what is being harvested or sowed, what I’m looking forward to and what I’m doing next. Plot 1 Currently [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Last June an unexpected guest arrived in our garden which prompted me to make this post – Hedgehogs – Gardeners Friends or Pest Control. One year later, almost to the day, ‘Hedgy’ as he’s now known (not very original I know) has emerged again from underneath our workshop, pulling up the long grass down by [...]
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