February was one of the coldest months on record with snow, ice and countless frosts but somehow my vegetables have made it through the freezing cold weather for a little harvest, my first of the year! Although some of my vegetables have not been so fortunate.
Harvests – 1st March
Half of my Leeks (Varieties – Bandit [...]
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In celebration of St Davids Day, the patron Saint of Wales, I have harvested some of my leeks today, my varieties were Pandora and Bandit.
Leeks, apart from being a part of the onion and garlic family are one of the national emblems of wales. It is said that Leeks were used to identify soldiers in [...]
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Let the Sunshine, let the sunshine, the sun shines on! The first glimpse of spring sunshine, but there’s still a bite in the air and even the snowdrops have popped up to enjoy the view. Its been a while since I’ve checked on my back garden vegetable plots, so I knew there was a little [...]
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I look outside my back garden window and think to myself that my garden looks a big mess, grass and weeds sprawled over my shrub borders, overgrown lawn, mini greenhouse needs a clean down and clear out, pots and seed trays need to be cleaned. I’m hoping the spring bulbs appear soon to cheer me [...]
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What is a Veg Pledge you may ask, well its like a new years resolution for vegetable growers, its something that you are pledging to all that your are going to complete or achieve (hopefully) in the year 2010.
What will your Veg Pledges be for 2010?
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December is a time where I tend to hibernate and leave the vegetable plot to fend mostly for itself apart from harvesting the odd bit of pak choi. So it was nice to have a look at the plots today (the first day of the new year) in the beautiful winter sunshine to see how [...]
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November Veg Plot Update – Leeks, Fennel, Onions, Broad Beans & Pak Choi
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Tracey.
November has been chilly, windy and rainy, this is the first real chance thanks to the British weather I have had since the 1st of the month when my Broad Beans, Peas, Onions and Shallots were planted, to get outside and check my plot. My vegetable plot update is a good opportunity to see how [...]
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Its been 9 weeks now, so lets check up on how my Winter Vegetable Seedlings are growing…
As you can see my winter vegetable plants in this plot are growing very well. Unfortunately a few pests have moved in my other plot of winter seedlings of Kale, Cabbage and Mustard Greens, my mustard greens have been [...]
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This Halloween some people will be lucky enough to be harvesting pumpkins and squashes, the only orange thing I’ll be harvesting is carrots.
I’ve previously written about my Carrots as being the best performers of this year and now my carrot harvest continues well into October, I’ve not known anything like it in my 3 years [...]
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September has been a quite laid back month for me, watching my late august sowings emerge quite strongly with the warm sunshine. And this is the third month now that the carrots are still being harvested! which is brilliant. I even pulled out a white carrot which was very odd.
Unfortunately my runner beans plants were [...]
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