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Re-structuring the Back Garden
The beds were three courses of concrete blocks above soil
Peppers and Egg plants
Two vegetables that deserve to be listed in many more show schedules than they are now are the Capsicums and
Large Exhibition Onions – Pests, Mixture, Form
The large exhibition onion plants are now in 3″ pots and really motoring away and very shortly they will have
Howling Gales and Power Failures
We really took a chance to venture out with the howling gale around us, but what do you do when
Soil Analysis – Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium
All plants require the following major or macro nutrients to be freely available in the soil and ready to be
Growing onions for the under eight ounce class or 250 grams class
Growing onions for the under eight ounce class, or is it the 250 gram class?, is the first vegetable seed
Artificial Lighting and Leeks
For the first time ever I have different varieties of blanch leeks growing away under lights in my propagating unit
Failures and Successes
This week I would like to look back over the year highlighting some of my failures as well as the
He certainly knows his Onions!
Onions need a long season to grow to their optimum size as well as getting a sufficient period to ripen
Selecting Onion Bulbs for Seed Production
There is no doubt that if you are to improve on the quality and consistent shape of your onions for
Competing with Blanch Leeks
All of the blanch leeks that win at the highest level are grown from bulbils or pips and rarely from