The one where I share the new plants that I’m going to try growing in 2019.
Category: Vegetables
I’m more of a savoury man than a sweet one, and therefore I love a plate full of vegetables. My parents have always grown vegetables, and some of my earliest memories of gardening are of helping them by picking tons of homegrown peas, or watching my dad grow tend his beds of a what seemed like a bazillion potatoes. They’re so nutrient rich and delicious, that I can’t have a garden without hiding a few vegetables in there – usually Courgettes, with a few French Beans and Lettuces.
Harvesting the Carrots
The Carrots survived the summer heat of 2018 and rewarded me with brightly coloured and wonky vegetables.
The Broad Beans of 2019
The one where I realise my Broad Beans are not right, and a red-breasted friend visits.
The Parsnips, Carrots, Turnips… and Cats
The root vegetables are growing happily in the raised beds, whilst I devise a method to divert cat bums elsewhere.
Sowing Courgette, Squash, and Nasturtium seeds
With Spring in full force, it’s time to get the courgette and squash seeds sown.
Pricking out the Swiss Chard and Sweet Sultan seedlings
It’s time to be ‘pricking out’ my Sweet Sultant flowers and the brightly coloured Swiss Chard seedlings, and get them ready for their next stage of growing.
The Garden Springs Forward
We’ve just had a mild week here in the East of England, and so the garden has woken up to throw lush green leaves skywards. It’s been the perfect time to get out there.
A snowless Saturday and a windowsill of seedlings
It’s a busy Saturday in the garden as Winter eases off. There’s sowing, pricking out, and shed sorting to do!
Garden Review of 2017 – my Top 5 Vegetables
Looking back to the 2017 season in my garden, and highlighting my vegetable growing successes.
Sowing Sweet Peas, Salvia and Broad Beans in February
The propagator is fired up, and the sow-athon begins with Broad Beans, Sweet Peas, and Salvia.
