Archive for 'My Veg Plot'
Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Posted on 21. Aug, 2011 by Tracey.
I could be talking about any aspect of vegetable growing. We all sow the seeds, water and stand back and wait for ‘something’ to happen, we hope that ‘something’ will be good and not fraught with pests, diseases or other problems. We hope that when the waiting game has paid off, that the ‘something’ has [...]
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Powdery Mildew Disease on Peas
Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by Tracey.
Twice this year I have seen the dreaded powdery mildew disease, once on my Mange Tout right at the end of their season in June and now just as my late peas ‘Jaguar’ are into their growing period in August. What is Powdery Mildew? It is a fungal disease that spreads onto the plant leaves [...]
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Sneaky Peak at My Potatoes
Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by Tracey.
Any vegetables that grow underground haven’t got a chance of staying covered when I’m around. I can’t help myself, I just have to take a sneaky peak to see how they are doing. I think this stems from my childhood, as we (me and my sister) were always told not to touch the christmas presents [...]
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July Vegetable Plot Update with Peas and Giant Cabbages
Posted on 10. Jul, 2011 by Tracey.
Over the past month my vegetable plot has produced quite a lot of vegetables including a glut of mange tout which I have already had to freeze for eating later. My cabbages have succeeded my expectations this year by becoming giant spring cabbages. I’ve had to blanche and freeze the leaves for later in the [...]
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A Vibrant Vegetable Feast for the Eyes
Posted on 11. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
This is what vegetable growing is all about, the harvests. This June harvest is especially vivid due to the dark purple pods from the Mange Tout ‘Ezeta’s Krombek Blauwschokker‘, extra large green pods of ‘Carouby de Maussane‘ Mange Tout and my favorite Radish ‘Pink Beauty‘ from last season. The shiny round peas sitting snug in [...]
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It’s a Bugs Life in the Vegetable Garden
Posted on 25. May, 2011 by Tracey.
The great thing about vegetable gardening is the interaction with nature and wildlife. If you grow vegetables in your back garden like I do, there’s not far to travel to get a sense of the wildlife around you and beneath your feet. You’d be amazed how much you miss by just walking past a vegetable [...]
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Oh My, How You’ve Grown! Shallots, Lettuce and Mange Tout
Posted on 22. May, 2011 by Tracey.
Oh My How You’ve Grown was a saying my auntie, uncle, mother’s friends use to say with some regularity when I was a youngster. But I always thought it was quite annoying and silly as it is one of those sayings that could never be said the other way around, Oh My How You’ve Shrunk, [...]
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Why it’s Worth Growing Spring Onions in your Veg Plot
Posted on 07. May, 2011 by Tracey.
I have grown to love the versatility of spring onions bought from the supermarket, they can be added to almost any dish, salad or jacket potato to add crunch or bite. So you ask if I already buy them from the supermarket for 80 pence per bunch, why start growing my own spring onions from [...]
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Jacket Potato Sprouting and Planting Update
Posted on 02. May, 2011 by Tracey.
My jacket potato tubers have had more than enough time (8 weeks) to pre sprout on the kitchen windowsill ready for planting outside. The potato sprouts are itching to get their already open leaves into that lovely peat based compost in their recycled planter. Instead of buying a brand new wooden planter, I have decided [...]
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Sowing Multi-Coloured French Beans in Containers
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Tracey.
I love french beans and I grow them every year. This year I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to squeeze them into my raised beds as I want to grow runner beans as well so I have sown purple, yellow and purple and green varieties into silver galvanized containers on my decking which [...]
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About Me
I'm Tracey Bacon from Essex, UK, author of iGrowVeg.com
I'm an avid vegetable grower, writer and tweeter. I aim to show that anyone can grow their own vegetables at home on a windowsill, in pots or raised beds.
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