The Vegetable Plot – November
Rotate and propagate Just as with farming, the vegetable plot needs rotation, alternating crops of...
The Vegetable Plot
The Vegetable Plot – October
Hoe and go One of the least strenuous ways of dealing with weed in the...
The Vegetable Plot – September
Lift and store All manner of squashes, marrow, pumpkins need proper seasoning before storing them...
The Vegetable Plot – August
Harvest and grow There should be plenty to harvest this month. Second early potatoes will...
The Vegetable Plot – July
Success with salads Who doesn’t like a good salad straight from the garden? Successional sowings...
The Vegetable Plot – June
After the frosts… Didn’t we have some cold weather and late frosts in May? Then...
The Vegetable Plot – May
Growing, growing, gone! Growing your own vegetables is not only a pleasure on fine May...
The Vegetable Plot – April
And so, to seed If you have a greenhouse you can start dwarf French beans...
The Vegetable Plot – March
‘Springtime is the land awakening, the March winds are the morning yawn.’ Lewis Grizzard Whatever...
The Vegetable Plot – February
Plan the plot Crop rotation is as important in the garden as it is in...
The Vegetable Plot – January
A little gem of propagation It is not too early to be thinking about the...
The Vegetable Plot – December
Feast on your Christmas veggies The keen vegetable gardener should be enjoying an abundance of...
The Vegetable Plot – November
Dig that! An old gardener (he was in his nineties) interviewed in a well-known TV...
The Vegetable Plot – October
Gimme shelter (or leave no stone unturned) There is a surprising number of crops you...
The Vegetable Plot – September
The big freeze in September You will be lifting your potatoes and onions now, leaving...
The Vegetable Plot – August
Push and pull There’s plenty you can sow now if you have the space. Why...
The Vegetable Plot – July
If you’ve got the thyme… There’s nothing more satisfying or mouth-watering than harvesting home-grown veg...
The Vegetable Plot – June
And sow on It’s time for harvesting lettuce and other salads, radish and early potatoes....
The Vegetable Plot – May
Sow by now It’s time to reap the rewards of your earlier sowings and harvest...
The Vegetable Plot – April
Sow here we go Succession sowing will see you in vegetables through to autumn and...