The Vegetable Plot – June
‘Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like...
potatoes
Cuttings
deadheading
drought
Evergreen
fuschias
Hanging Baskets
In Your Garden
lawn
potatoes
rain
seed
September
Shrubs
Sowing
This Month In Your Garden – September
“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures…”– Henry David Thoreau...
Beetroot
Broccoli
brussels sprouts
carrots
lettuce
Peas
petit pois
potatoes
September
Spinach
spinach beet
sweetcorn
Vegetable Plot
The Vegetable Plot – September
The big freeze We easily forget we can freeze our home-grown vegetables and rightfully claim...
beetle
Broccoli
brussels sprouts
cress
endive
June
leeks
lettuce
mustard
potatoes
sowings
Strawberries
The Vegetable Plot
turnips
The Vegetable Plot – June
When is a cucumber like a strawberry? When one is in a pickle and the...
courgettes
cucumbers
French Beans
frosts
Greenhouse
May
potatoes
runner beans
seed
The Vegetable Plot
Tomatoes
watering
The Vegetable Plot – May
There’s nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner...
artichokes
brussels sprouts
February
Garlic
Greenhouse
potatoes
seed beds
Shallots
The Vegetable Plot
The Vegetable Plot – February
“Old gardeners never die, they just run out of thyme” Old gardening saying The vegetable...
The Big Glut Recipe – October
Beef jhal faraizi, karhai broccoli and sweet and sour squash This Madhur Jaffrey recipe from...
Aubergines
brassicas
Broccoli
brussels sprouts
Chicory
Chinese cabbage
Compost
Greenhouse
grow bags
June
leeks
onions
Peppers
potatoes
Tomatoes
The Vegetable Plot – June
Water, water, everywhere… Once you’re certain the frosts have passed you can plant out outdoor...
The Vegetable Plot – January
Chitty, chitty bangers and mash Good old British weather permitting, digging over any plots that...