The Vegetable Plot – July
“A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.” Laurie Colwin Watering the...
The Vegetable Plot
The Vegetable Plot – June
Once upon a thyme There is a certain satisfaction growing your own herbs. Be they...
The Vegetable Plot – May
Success with succession May is the month to make succession sowing of lettuce, carrot and...
The Vegetable Plot – April
The old sow and sow April is a cornucopia of what you can sow, grow...
The Vegetable Plot – March
Sow here to a bumper crop The size of your vegetable plot need not restrict...
The Vegetable Plot – February
There’s no place like loam If your soil is sandy loam, you will be spared...
The Vegetable Plot – January
Rhubarb and mustard A useful job this month is to dig over any plots that...
The Vegetable Plot – December
Chilli in winter It’s surprising what vegetables you can grow in December. Sowing seed now...
The Vegetable Plot – November
Fruit of your labours You’re keen to grow as many vegetables as you can and...
The Vegetable Plot – October
Not lost to frost We have had had a few pretty cold nights at the...
The Vegetable Plot – September
Let the good thymes roll September, the month of plenty in the vegetable garden if...
The Vegetable Plot – August
Coming and sowing Cut and come again is easy with both succession sowing and choosing...
The Vegetable Plot – July
Straight and marrow It’s time to pick your courgettes before they turn into marrows. Unless,...
The Vegetable Plot – June
Organic matters A well prepared vegetable bed with lots of organic matter dug in is...
The Vegetable Plot – May
Succession for success You can have a continual supply of lettuce, carrots and onions from...
The Vegetable Plot – April
‘Life begins the day you start a garden.’ Chinese proverb. Watching your vegetable garden come...
The Vegetable Plot – March
Let the show go on Whilst you can start sowing seeds for growing many vegetables...
The Vegetable Plot – February
Roots, brassicas and others in Sprout-kale Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors named February ‘Sprout-kale’ since cabbages and...
The Vegetable Plot – January
Menus and manure Digging over plots you haven’t dug in autumn and working in lots...
The Vegetable Plot – December
A hotbed of vegetables In Victorian times, gardeners used to make hotbeds in winter by...