Finding Flavours
This is that phase of the vegetable growing year when all the hard work seems to be done: digging over and clearing ground at the end of winter and sowing […]
Category Archives: Growing
Taking Shape
There’s something cute about tiny cucumbers just starting to form. All of a sudden the first few have appeared this week and I took the opportunity to pinch out the […]
It’s all growing rather well …
Priority One during this last week of high temperatures was potting on various things which were nearly bursting out of propagators, or which were outgrowing their initial small pots. A […]
Rain has its upside
Especially if you’re sowing lettuce With warnings of a week of heavy rain about to begin, it was important to get some planting jobs done in the garden today. By […]
Heats, Shoots and Leaves
This hot sunny weather is perfect for vegetable growing. Unfortunately it’s also perfect for lounging outside with a bottle of wine, so I didn’t quite do as much gardening as […]
Stand by your beds!
With warnings of icy weather next week, today was all about pressing ahead with outdoor plantings but adding some protection for the vulnerable items which are already growing. With my 2017 […]
Preparations proceeding
With the outdoor sowing season approaching, it was time at the weekend to give the raised beds a good clear and tidy up. Lots of small weeds and patches of […]
Starting up again
The 2017 growing season is under way Break out the egg boxes, it’s potato chitting time. I’d been in two minds whether to grow potatoes this year. They’ve always grown […]
A game of squash
Having wanted for a long time to try cooking spaghetti squash I took the plunge today. The squash concerned was a decent two and a half pounds specimen, the biggest […]
Drying and Roasting
Just like squirrels burying their supply of nuts, it’s time for vegetable gardeners to bring in final harvests from many of the main growing season’s plants and store them for […]
