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Growing Your Own Vegetables and Herbs – Parsley, Lettuce and Onions
Parsley – can often be haphazard in germinating and often
Showing Vegetables at their Prime – Celery
It’s worth remembering that, unlike pot plants, once you pull a vegetable from the soil, it’s effectively dead and all
Avoiding Botrytis on the Tomatoes and an up-date on the Cauliflowers
I have allowed more space between the plants to make sure that more air gets in and between the tomato
Whether to Support the Foliage of Onions
The onions are now clearly romping away with the necks thickening up and the leaves beginning to really swell out.
National Championships in Dundee
The Royal Horticultural Society and the National Vegetable Society, through their Liaison committee, have organised seminars at this top show
Polytunnels & Electric Fans
Polytunnels have undoubtedly become part and parcel of the show scene for some years now and where would we be
Exhibition Shallots
Keeping a careful eye on the development and growth pattern of the shallot is essential for well shaped bulbs and
Early Planting of Celery + Onions
Celery is frost tender so some protection is usually necessary when planting as early as I did, but living here
Phenomenal Growth in all the Vegetables
From now on there will be some phenomenal growth in all the vegetables for the show bench, particularly those that
Protective Covers for Root Vegetables – Part 1
What a difference protective covers makes to growing vegetables to the highest quality, we all know how good the leeks
Protective Covers for Root Vegetables – Part 2
Last week I discussed how well the root vegetables were growing under polythene covers and this week I intend to