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Autumn Romanesco Cauliflower ‘Ottobrino’ – Another Surprise

Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Tracey.

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The latest vegetable to catch me by surprise was the Autumn Romanesco Cauliflower. I remember buying a packet of seeds from the Real Seed Company last year and again I’ve forgotten I sowed them. This cauliflower is completely out of season, according to the sowing chart, you sow it in April to June and harvest [...]

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1st Sunshine, 1st Harvest, 1st Seedlings

Posted on 10. Apr, 2011 by Tracey.

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Today was a day of firsts. It has been the first time I could enjoy the sunshine at the weekend instead of grabbing a few minutes popping out for a sandwich at work. The sunshine has been glorious and as I write this I’m sitting on my decking in a baseball cap to prevent my [...]

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You Learn Something New Every Day

Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Tracey.

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You learn something new every day is the saying or in my case every week. Of course this could relate to a world of things, but what I’m talking about specifically is the new series of Gardener’s World. I’ve left it until now, 3 weeks on to voice my opinion so I can give the [...]

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My Veg Plot Plan – Back To Basics

Posted on 26. Mar, 2011 by Tracey.

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I toyed with the idea of not having a plan this year and just sowing what and where I felt like, however I am the type of person who likes to keep track of things so I was not being realistic with myself. Therefore I’m compromising with a back to basics plan with no fancy [...]

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Purple Sprouting Broccoli Surprise

Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by Tracey.

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Purple Sprouting Surprise sounds like a desert or something which is similar is ‘Tracey’s a fool’. The curly kale which I thought had survived the winter has actually turned out to be purple sprouting broccoli. At least there’s a lovely splash of purple colour in amongst the ‘kale’ leaves to brighten up the beds whilst [...]

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Vegetable Seed Waste – Seeds I’ve Bought and Never Grown

Posted on 26. Feb, 2011 by Tracey.

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We’ve all done it, buying seeds on impulse or because we thought it was a good idea at the time or being lured into buying a ‘bargain’ or the ‘I’m sure I could squeeze this in somewhere’ scenario, well I’ve been thinking how much of those seeds are really going to waste. Some of these [...]

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Ready, Steady, Chit – Jacket Potato Tubers in Egg Boxes

Posted on 19. Feb, 2011 by Tracey.

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In a week where the Olympic London 2012 tickets were announced, there’s another event I’m celebrating the start of, the chitting of my jacket seed potatoes. They have arrived in very quick time from a company called Simply Seeds.co.uk, I have never used them before but as the potatoes were out of stock on another [...]

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January Vegetable Plot Update – Brassicas Rule!

Posted on 29. Jan, 2011 by Tracey.

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My raised beds are looking very empty as the snow wiped out all my peas, I had high hopes for them as I sowed them in every bed. I’ll just have to repeat the sowings next month and have my fingers crossed for peas in the summer, thats if there’s enough room as I’m definitely [...]

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Cabin Fever and Composting

Posted on 23. Jan, 2011 by Tracey.

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Over the past few weeks I have been suffering with Cabin Fever but yesterday I wimped out of the most hated job in the garden – tidying up the compost bin, actually its a job I’ve been putting off for ages and I’ve been quite good at putting it off, for almost a year now. [...]

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Survivors of the Snow – Savoy Cabbage Harvest

Posted on 28. Dec, 2010 by Tracey.

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After the freezing temperatures, snow and ice we have been having for the past month in the UK, I feel I should re-visit my post Vegetables that can survive the snow and without a doubt show you that Savoy Cabbages can withstand a cloche being covered in snow and temperatures going down to minus 3 [...]

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