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Re-structuring the Back Garden
The beds were three courses of concrete blocks above soil
Covers for Carrot Beds and EEC Regulations on Pesticides
Might I suggest that you build yourself a temporary cover to go over your carrot beds, both for the long
Benefits of under soil heating and artificial lighting
When you have the benefit of under soil heating and artificial lighting it certainly extends your growing season considerably. This
Giant Vegetable Growing and an up-date on the Leeks
I was invited to have a look at Peter Glazebrook’s garden, the giant vegetable grower, just after I had finished
The Welsh Chelsea- Long Carrots
My fathers ‘Chelsea’ was our local Anglesey County Show and everything he ever grew was timed to be perfect on
What to do with a four pound Onion!
What do you do with an onion that measures over 20 inches in circumference and weighs nearly four pounds?. If
Moving On to the Leeks
As with the onions, the two raised beds that I grow my leeks in were thoroughly prepared during late October
Tomatoes for Showing
Whichever tomato variety you go for it’s important that it has established a pedigree on the show bench as otherwise
Exhibition Potatoes Part 1
With the growing techniques that we now possess it”s very infrequent that a winning set of potatoes will have been
Exhibition Potatoes Part 2
We now come to probably the most important bit, at this stage do not apply any water at all to
Surging ahead in the Sunshine
The most important reason is the phenomenal weather that we experienced here in North Wales during March and April. I