A chore that must be carried out every year is the emptying out and refilling of my long carrot drums. A few years ago, in

If you are really keen on showing your vegetables, or even on just how well your vegetables performed on any given season, then get yourself

With the demise of Gringo, what carrot to grow for exhibiting when the beds are prepared is the question on Medwyn’s mind.

The cucurbits family includes the various cucumbers that are available as well as courgettes and pumpkins and the non edible ornamental gourds. They are certainly

When I was growing the short carrot variety Corrie, some years ago by now, I used to win with it at the highest level from

Planting later naturally meant that the onions needed to be in larger pots which is a change from my usual pattern of planting out from

Easter was early this year and it certainly brought with it some glorious weather which has, to some extent, stayed with us for most of

They are probably the most popular of all the vegetable varieties and during the summer months their red or white flowers can be seen scrambling

One bad fault that I sometimes see in a set of exhibited carrots is a specimen that has developed a side shoot on the crown

There should be some room in your plot by now where the early peas have been harvested or perhaps where a row of early potatoes

The introduction of F1 Hybrids has moved celery growing dramtically forward. Prior to there breeding the only real and reliable exhibition trench celery was ‘Ideal”

This year I went the extra mile in potting the plants on from my normal relatively small pot into a 5 inch one. The condition

There are two crops inside the greenhouse that need regular attention now if you are to get the optimum crop from them -Tomatoes and Cucumbers.

You can never leave your tomatoes for a day before you find there is always something extra that you can do to them. How often

With the start of the showing season, one vegetable is giving me cause for concern and that is the celery. It won’t be ready for

This plant is easy to grow from seed and will take around ten weeks at this time of year from sowing to harvesting. They are

The vegetable that gave me most satisfaction last season was undoubtedly my short carrots, or stump carrots, as they are often referred to. The variety

A cultural problem? I have had numerous people contacting me regarding the length of short carrots and whether or not they should conform to a

REPORT ON THE VEGETABLE SECTION AT SHREWSBURY FLOWER SHOW. The entries at the show were excellent and the quality superb, primarily because of one local

In my opinion it’s been a marvellous growing season and up to now, the standard of exhibits that I have seen around have been certainly