Planning Your Veg Garden Part 7 – Growing Winter Vegetables
Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
Hopefully since the last Part 6 – Putting Your Plan into Action, you’ve reaped the rewards from your growing vegetables by having a few good harvests and more to come before the end of the Summer. In the months of July and August in the UK, you will now now need to be thinking about [...]
Continue Reading
Growing Tomatoes – Is It Really Worth The Effort?
Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
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 [...]
Continue Reading
Spinach and Chard – A bit of a disappointment this year
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
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 [...]
Continue Reading
Growing Beetroot – Mid July Update
Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
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 [...]
Continue Reading
5 Reasons Why You Should Grow Nasturtiums Near Vegetables
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
Nasturtiums are a natural method of pest control in your garden and have striking red, yellow and orange flowers in between their large umbrella shaped leaves which provide an attraction in your pots or borders not just for you but for many bugs and pests as well. Nasturtiums are grown from seed very easily from [...]
Continue Reading
Summer Pests to Look Out For On Your Vegetable Plot
Posted on 03. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.
Inevitably as a vegetable grower you will come across at least one pest or disease in a growing year, the trick is to arm yourself with the knowledge of how to prevent, divert or get rid of pests when they arrive, so your vegetables continue growing without too much interruption. In this summer series of [...]
Continue Reading
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 [...]
Continue Reading
How To Extend Your Broad Bean Cropping Season
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Tracey.
I’ve only ever grown autumn sowing broad beans until now and I’ve discovered that I can extend my broad bean harvesting period over several more weeks following on from my autumn sown crop. Autumn Sowing Broad Beans These types of broad beans like Super Aquadulce and The Sutton can be sown in October or November [...]
Continue Reading
June Harvests and Hedgehogs
Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Tracey.
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 [...]
Continue Reading
How I Started Vegetable Growing and the RHS Level 2 in Horticulture
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Tracey.
As I get ready to take the final part of my RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture exam on Wednesday 23rd June, I’m taking some time off my revising to reflect on how the RHS has inspired, advised and taught me how to grow plants and vegetables. Three years ago when I started growing vegetables [...]
Continue Reading
Keep in Touch with iGrowVeg.com
