January Vegetable Garden Update with Photos
Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.
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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Pixie, Druid, Kestral and Mayan Queen are all types of what?
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
Birds? Characters in the brilliant film Avatar? Nope and Nope, they are all varieties of Potatoes!
This weekend is big news for the humble Potato, a versatile vegetable which can be boiled, mashed, roasted or wedged. With over 100 varieties to choose from at the National Potato Day at Garden Organic Ryton, its a good job [...]
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How to Use Organic Fertiliser in Your Vegetable Garden
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
There are three types of application of organic fertilizer to your vegetable garden, they are:
1. Dig-In or Rake-In Fertilizer
Apply a quantity per square meter (see pack instructions) and rake or dig into the soil. Check the period of time (below) it takes the nutrients to release into the soil as no seeds can be sown [...]
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Types of Organic Fertilizers for your Vegetable Garden
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
There are two types of organic fertilizer for your garden:
Natural which includes anything that occurs naturally like seaweed, manure, peat, worm compost.
Processed which includes man-made fertilizers like chicken pellets, bone-meal, blood and fish meal and compost.
What does fertilizer do in your vegetable garden?
Fix certain minerals that already exist in the soil and improve the soil [...]
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Vegetable Garden Maintenance Jobs To Do before Spring
Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
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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10 Vegetables That Can Survive the Snow
Posted on 16. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
This weekend I took the opportunity to wrap up warm and brush the snow off my cloches on my vegetable plot and check on my poor little vegetables. The broad beans and peas had been flattened and looked similar to this picture by Paul Kettell on the RHS online community and I’m hoping they may [...]
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The affects of Snow, Ice and the Cold on your Vegetable Garden
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
With the cold snap of snow lasting for a little while longer, I have enjoyed seeing snowy vegetables on other peoples blogs like Kale and Brussels Sprouts on Nip It In The Bud’s Winter Wonderland Post and Leeks on Eight by Six’s blog and I was interested to find out how the snow is affecting [...]
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iGrowVeg has been Nominated at the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
Just a quick message, I’m smiling from ear to ear knowing I’ve made the cut for the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards!
Every person who votes will be entered into Dorset Cereals free prize draw to win a case of Dorset Cereals, yum!
iGrowVeg has been Nominated – Vote for Me Here!
Also whilst your on the [...]
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Planning your Vegetable Garden Part 2 – What Can I Grow?
Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
If you missed the first Part of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series, please read it here: Grouping Vegetable Types and Crop Rotation or download a free PDF version with extra pages on my new Free Resources Page.
What can you grow? well any vegetable that you want to really. However as always there are [...]
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Its time to make your Veg Pledges for 2010
Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
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?
Go on leave a comment at the bottom of this [...]
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