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Harvesting Vegetables for the Show -Leeks
A few weeks before showing it’s a good idea to spend time going thoroughly through your blanch leek bed. The
Cauliflowers for Showing, NVS Championships and Fourth Vegetable Weekend Seminar
My fourth vegetable weekend seminar is being held once again this November at Plas Tan y Bwlch located within the
Out and about the UK and Southern Ireland
The period from the middle of July through to early September was rather hectic to say the least, I don’t
National Leek Championships of Great Britain
My highlight of the year was undoubtedly winning the National Leek Championship of Great Britain at the Welsh Branch Championships
Back to the Hard Slog of Clearing Up the Garden for Next Year
With a sigh of relief I can say that the showing season is over for me for this year and
Method of Propagation – Leeks
Growing leeks for exhibition is very rarely carried out from sowing seed as the end product will be variable so
Tomatoes – Peruvian Apple or Apple of Peru
When tomatoes first came to Europe it was given the romantic French name ‘pomme d’ amour” a synonym that is
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Tomatoes
Tomatoes must be about the most popular greenhouse crop of all, nearly everyone I know with a greenhouse grows a
Comparing 2001 and 2002 – Blanch Leeks & Celery
Last year my Blanch leeks were planted into their beds on the 2nd May which was the latest that I
Preparing for the seventh consecutive display at Chelsea
This will be my seventh consecutive display at Chelsea and the last six displays were considered worthy of a Gold