The Royal Horticultural Society and the National Vegetable Society, through their Liaison committee, have organised seminars at this top show in Scotland and speakers of

Polytunnels have undoubtedly become part and parcel of the show scene for some years now and where would we be without them. They are reasonably

Keeping a careful eye on the development and growth pattern of the shallot is essential for well shaped bulbs and the trick is to remove

Celery is frost tender so some protection is usually necessary when planting as early as I did, but living here on Anglesey surrounded by the

From now on there will be some phenomenal growth in all the vegetables for the show bench, particularly those that you timed for showing from

What a difference protective covers makes to growing vegetables to the highest quality, we all know how good the leeks and onions grow under polythene

Last week I discussed how well the root vegetables were growing under polythene covers and this week I intend to cover some of the finer

To produce a good quality trench celery for the show bench doesn’t mean that you actually grow it in trenches as used to be the

Towards the middle of June I had the good fortune of being able to attend an open day at John Carvers immaculate garden at Middlewich,arranged

The standards at Wisley were excellent, particularly for so early in the growing season. There were however some really top quality exhibits and two classes

After writing this article I shall be going straight out into the garden to make a start on harvesting some of the vegetables and as

A few weeks before showing it’s a good idea to spend time going thoroughly through your blanch leek bed. The purpose of this exercise would

My fourth vegetable weekend seminar is being held once again this November at Plas Tan y Bwlch located within the beautiful Snowdonia National Park. If

The period from the middle of July through to early September was rather hectic to say the least, I don’t think I have ever travelled

My highlight of the year was undoubtedly winning the National Leek Championship of Great Britain at the Welsh Branch Championships which were recently held at

With a sigh of relief I can say that the showing season is over for me for this year and what a hectic season I

Growing leeks for exhibition is very rarely carried out from sowing seed as the end product will be variable so most, if not all, leeks

When tomatoes first came to Europe it was given the romantic French name ‘pomme d’ amour” a synonym that is little used in English which

Tomatoes must be about the most popular greenhouse crop of all, nearly everyone I know with a greenhouse grows a few plants. The main reason

Last year my Blanch leeks were planted into their beds on the 2nd May which was the latest that I had ever planted them and