Growing Vegetables

12 May

Posted at 15:34h in Growing Vegetables

VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW "Gardener's Delight" - A Sweet & Juicy Bush Tomato So how to grow cherry tomatoes from seed? Our variety which we love is the bush tomato "Gardener's Delight" and is shown in the video tutorial below. This sweet, juicy cherry ...

02 May

Posted at 17:14h in Growing Vegetables

VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW   Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum.   Growing tomatoes using ring culture is a very space saving and easy way to grow your tomatoes - the rings and grow bag really help the water and nutrients feed the roots well for healthy plants and don't...

21 Apr

Posted at 17:33h in Growing Vegetables

VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW Our Tom Thumbs Not long ago we sowed our Tom Thumbs, put them in our garden room and they came along a treat so last Thursday we pricked them out and are looking forward to eating our salad crop in due course! Tom...

05 Apr

Posted at 19:08h in Growing Vegetables

What is Intercropping? So, how to intercrop potatoes & lettuce in a bag? Intercropping means growing one quick growing crop between another slow growing crop. The quick crop will be harvested before the slower growing crop. We have planted our chitted potatoes with lettuce...

05 Apr

Posted at 16:09h in Growing Vegetables

How to Chit Potatoes - this video shows you how to sprout potatoes inside before planting out in the garden. What's more, this is very child-friendly and great to get them involved! We are chitting Arran Pilots and Kestrels in empty egg boxes - space...

31 Mar

Posted at 16:21h in Growing Vegetables

John shows you how to grow lettuce seeds (Lactuca sativa) very quickly and easily. Our variety is Tom Thumb, a butterhead lettuce which can tolerate poorer growing conditions than others and you will find matures quickly. Furthermore, Tom Thumb is a smaller butterhead lettuce and its seeds...