Just about now the first crops will be ready to harvest, and that leaves space for a second crop. After the really warm spring most have enjoyed, the soil is just at the right temperature to sow seeds out side, and there’s still bags of time to sow and get the full benefit of the [...]
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1 Early Digging If you intend to sow or plant in spring, the time to start digging is late Autumn or early winter, when the soil is not overly wet and sticky. Choose a spade that is the right size for your height and strength. Insert the spade blade vertically in to the soil, not [...]
November in the Veg Plot
Nov 5
Although the days are shorter and colder, and working in the vegetable garden may have lost some of the appeal that it had in summer, any work carried out on the veg plot in November will save twice as much when spring arrives. Vegetable Garden Weeds will continue to slowly grow for most of the [...]
October in The Veg Plot
Oct 3
Harvest or protect crops that may be susceptible to frost. Clear away any remaining summer crop debris and place on the compost heap, the larger the quantity, the better as this helps the heap to warm up and accelerate the rotting process. Vegetable Garden Start winter digging on clay soils before it becomes too wet [...]
Vegetable growth slows down quite markedly this month as the nights draw in and get colder, but there’s still lots of jobs that need to be taken care of on the allotment. As the summer harvests come to an end and crops are harvested for storage through the winter, this creates a large amount of [...]
Grow Your Own Vegetables
Aug 15
Review If you buy only one book about growing vegetables, make it this one (Kitchen Garden )Practical information you can rely on – with productivity guaranteed (BBC Gardeners’ World )A fat paperback … bursting at the seams with the best advice on vegetables that you’ll find anywhere … Everything you want to know about growing [...]
Local horticultural shows have been on the decline for many years in some areas, and even with the revived popularity of ‘Growing Your Own’ lots of gardeners seem reluctant to venture near, which is such a pity. If you’ve never been to a local horticultural show I think that you would be pleasantly surprised at [...]
August in the veg plot
Aug 4
Allotments in August are just about at their maximum production, and harvesting can at times be a full time job. This month is also a good time to take stock of where things are planted and start to make plans form next years crop rotation. To make this just a bit more fun than writing [...]