The Welsh Branch Championships of the National vegetable Society were held this year at Aberdare through the kind Sponsorship from Rhondda Cynon Taff Council. Considering

I simply love visiting Ireland and in particular to Judge the vegetables at the Tullamore Show in Co Offaly. The show is the largest of

We are now into the last furlong on the exhibition scene with only a few weeks to go until most of the biggest shows will

I am often asked what is the best way forward when your leek bulbils or pips or grass that develop on the leek heads are

My first lot of long carrots were a bit of a disaster when I sowed them in 6 inch diameter pipes for Chelsea. From the

It only seems like last week that I was boring holes and sowing my parsnip seed in the blue plastic drums last February. Since talking

I am often asked what is the best method of growing both long carrots and parsnips for the show bench. There are a number of

Starting from now, and through to the end of September, will see us right in the middle of the showing season. There will literally be

I know I can grow good parsnips, if I could only get them sown on time, last year was during early March which for me

Rhubarb is classified as a vegetable in all gardening books and show schedules, but always eaten as a fruit. Indeed a vast number of cultivars

There’s nothing worse after potting up your onion plants to see them all flopping about in their pots, very often leaning across each other. This

This winter, through a friend of mine, I was able to get two car trailer loads of some beautifully composted leaves and grass cuttings that

Last year I had a visit to Westlands factory over in Dungannon Ireland and I was really impressed with the standard of all the products.

Some people consider purchasing a greenhouse to be a luxury that they can well do without. Personally I couldn’t manage without one and if you

What a difference there is now in the general technique of growing to what it was then. Also both the quality and size of nearly

If you are using artificial lights I would switch them off totally now and remove any panels or covering that you have if they are

There’s no doubt that our breeders and growers produce some lovely tomatoes for our supermarkets, but they are as nothing compared with eating your own

As soon as you can after St Davids day, the 1st March, set aside a little time to sow your tomato seed for the show

Whether or not to use a rotavator directly on previously un dug soil is always a contentious question and it really depends on the nature

The tasks are invariably the same annually, but I have rarely achieved them all at my percieved time scale. In the main I’m referring to