Last week I mentioned that growing and showing long carrots has given me more success over the years than any other vegetable. If on the

My growing cabinet has now served it’s purpose for another year and the surrounding hardboard panels that form the outer skin have now been kept.

The current criteria, in both the RHS and NVS judges guides, clearly state that a dish of carrots stump rooted or other than long should

There’s no doubt that tomatoes certainly need more bench room than many other plants as they very quickly grow on under good growing conditions and

I intend to sow my runner beans this week in order to have some ready from mid August onwards. It is of course far too

My potatoes will be the main task this coming week and I shall be reducing the quantities to concentrate on growing them back in large

The blanch leeks that I am growing this year are from bulbils that were given to me by Peter Holden the current World record holder

This week is the start of a very hectic fortnight culminating in the whole of next week being spent at the Chelsea Flower Show with

Now is the time to keep a really sharp lookout for the dreaded Thrips which can totally destroy your chances of showing any decent onions

Small Onions under 250 gram and Peas. Preparing for the National Vegetable Society Championships at Margam Park on the August Bank Holiday.

The pressure of growing and showing vegetables for Chelsea whilst at the same time trying to concentrate on my competitive exhibits for the National Vegetable

For the first time in a few years I have some promising looking shallots for both the large classes and for the pickling. The ones

This verdict was given by the BBC at Chelsea this year when a top chef stir fried some of my vegetables against those from a

My onions for the under 250 gram class look really well and some have already been harvested and are currently drying out in my greenhouse

The big secret with show potatoes is to lift them at the right time so that you can get the best sized potatoes from every

The beauty of travelling the country fairly extensively to visit other growers gardens is the enjoyment of learning something new or seeing something being carried

I can’t believe how well the leeks are doing at the moment, one leek in particular which was smaller at the time of planting than

If you have timed it for mid to late August then it should by now be really well grown and on at least fifteen inch

Believe me there is no better place to learn the craft of growing vegetables to the highest standard than by visiting the Nationals and listening

The cauliflower is always classed as the queen of the vegetables but Mark Twain had another way of describing it ‘the cauliflower is nothing more