If you are a keen vegetable grower or even a grower with just a little bit of interest in vegetables I do urge you to

There’s nothing worse than having no success at all from a season of hard work, nothing perhaps going well, only failures right along the way.

The first two weeks in August were a nightmare for me as far as the weather went, apart from snow and ice we had the

The standard of the Welsh Show has always been very high and certainly on par with the national itself. It was therefore a privilege and

The National Vegetable Society Championships were a great success once again this year, this time being held in Wales at Margam Park. I had a

When you build a house the most important element is the foundation on which every wall in you house depends right through to the roof.

On Saturday the 8th September I travelled down to judge the Newent Onion Fayre near Gloucester and what an interesting day it tuned out to

All the leeks that I have exhibited to date have now been re planted with the purpose of producing more bulbils or pips from the

This year I did an experiment to really try and find what was causing the problem and I placed some drums inside my leek polytunnel,

One job that needs to be done with some urgency this coming week is to clear out my greenhouses and prepare them for the Winter

Whoever thought that gardening was a hobby to keep you going right through Spring to Summer must be having an easy time of it, in

The pips you get off a head will vary depending on the quality of the head, some will be very small whilst others will be

To continue with the sowing dates and best varities to use for showing towards the end of August and the end of September. These dates

To continue with the sowing dates and best varieties to use for showing towards the end of August and the end of September. This small

This is my fourth article on the sowing dates that top showmen use in different parts of the country for a given show date. The

The leeks that I started off during early November are now moving away strongly and I have to say that each and every plant in

Reflections on attempts to grow shallots to a high standard, what works and what does not

Leeks and onions for Chelsea are now in 7 inch pots and looking tremendous. The long and short carrots are already sown as are the

The mixture that is use for both the leeks and the onions is mainly peat based but from this stage on I start to introduce

The majority of top growers are already growing their leek and onions either under glass in a greenhouse or in a polytunnel or they have