25th July 2007 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 different ways of doing it from boring holes directly into
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Welsh Branch Championships of the NVS 1999
There is no doubt that over the past few years this show has become one of the main events in the keen vegetable exhibitors’ diary. There are 21 competitive classes forming the Welsh Championships, with the addition of
Staging Vegetables on the Show Bench – Peas
Peas are a good example of a vegetable that’s easily destroyed by careless handling and poor packaging; they should be cut off the bine on the morning of the show if at all possible while the plant is
Bin Ends Seed
Don’t forget to visit my Bin Ends section of the shop. We have now entered some Cornell Cauliflower seed which is no longer available. We
December 16, 2012
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Early Leeks and Onions
Blog Sunday 16th December 2012 Having had a problem with my leeks bolting last year you would have thought that I would be more cautious
December 16, 2012
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John Innes No2 and No3
Having spoken with our represenattive for Composts this year it has come to light that due to peat shortages, once current stocks have ran out,
October 10, 2012
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Malvern Display
We had another excellent year despite everything the weather could throw at us. We staged two displays in 2012, winning a Gold and Best in
October 10, 2012
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MY MASTERCLASS WEEKEND AT LLANBERIS
Medwyns of Anglesey THE VEGETABLE MASTERCLASS WEEKEND Friday 9th – Sunday 11th November 2012 THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL LLANBERIS PROGRAMME OF EVENTS Friday 9th
September 20, 2012
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Leeks, Carrots and Runner Beans.
Leeks, Carrots and Runner Beans. There’s about two and a half weeks to go before my last harvest for Malvern Show as we shall be
September 8, 2012
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Welsh Championships
Considering the terrible weather we have had this Summer, the standard of the exhibits at the Welsh Championships held at Bryngarw Country Park Bridgend
September 3, 2012
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Lifting Long Carrots for Welsh Championships
Friday 31st August 2012 Thankfully it’s a really lovely morning here which makes the job of lifting and washing long carrots a lot easier. I
August 31, 2012
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*Breaking News*
Breaking News 24th August 2012 We now know for a fact that Medwyns Liquid Gold (Liquid Nutrimate) allows you to grow Cauliflowers and cabbages on
August 24, 2012
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Thursday 23rd August
My Blog 23rd August I’ve had a rather hectic time of late which is on par really with every other year as we are now
August 23, 2012
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Disaster with Leeks
Thursday 9th August After using my first batch from a dozen Pendle Improved leeks for the Royal Welsh Display at Builth Wells I was left
August 9, 2012
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The Royal Welsh Show and ZEBBA!
Sunday 29th July I have just returned from the Royal Welsh Show last Friday morning after a tremendously hot week there. The difference in climate
July 29, 2012
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Tomatoes, Long Carrots, Giant Pumpkins and Radish
Monday 2nd July 2012 Radish were ready for showing in Four weeks inside the polytunnel What a disaster June proved to be and this month
July 2, 2012
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A look at my Show Vegetables at Home.
Leeks Pendle on 18 inch collars for Welsh Championships at Bridgend and Malvern My own seed of long carrots showing the start of some strong
June 24, 2012
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First lift of my Vegetables for a Talk for Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir 20th June
June 18th Blog I have an exciting couple of days ahead of me this week as I’m travelling down to Oxfordshire tomorrow morning to give
June 18, 2012
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Moving out my Sweet Candle Carrots
What terrible weather we are experiencing at the moment, the plants must be so confused they don’t know whether it’s Spring Summer or Autumn! My
June 10, 2012
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Parsnips, Long Carrots, Celery and Blanch Leeks
The wonder of technology, yesterday I took my first video with commentary of my parsnips and Long carrots growing for the middle of July and
June 3, 2012
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Watering and associated problems
Problems with he with watering from our bore hole last Sunday
May 28, 2012
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August 19, 2009
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