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