Vegetable gardening blog

Find the latest on vegetable gardening in my blog; techniques, what works, what makes life easier, what to avoid, even my own successes and failures in my vegetable garden as they happen.

Save time, discover how you too can grow fantastic veg more easily and have fun and satisfaction doing it.

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Vegetable garden soil preparation - the secrets of success

A unique easy to read eBook on vegetable garden soil preparation for successful vegetables

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My vegetable garden

Find out about and follow my progress in my vegetable garden through the year

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Vegetable garden soil preparation

Learn 6 ways to improve vegetable garden soil preparation that make it easier for you to grow great vegetables

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Vegetable garden soil ideally has a crumbly structure and is well drained

Ensuring your vegetable garden soil is at its best is the foundation to successful production of vegetables

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Organic vegetable gardening

Organic vegetable gardening for safe tasty local vegetables you can trust

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Growing vegetables should be a pleasure

Learn how growing vegetables can be a joy and how you can do it easily and with greatest reward through using these labour saving and production boosting techniques.

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Planning a vegetable garden develops your design to fit your needs

Find out how time spent planning a vegetable garden saves you time and effort later

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How to grow tomatoes outdoors

Discover how to grow tomatoes and enjoy the red fruits of your labours growing tomatoes

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Now is a great time to learn from your plants!

Your plants explore the soil with their roots, their leaves and growth can indicate problems;

• fanged roots or roots that travel horizontally suggest lots of stones or compaction at rooting level
• strange leaf symptoms (yellowing/ bleaching/ browning/ purpling) suggest stress from water logging or nutrient deficiency
• stunted growth can be caused by nutrient deficiency or poor rooting
• poor seedling emergence maybe due to overly loose or coarse seedbed
• wilting or drought stress suggests poor root growth and maybe very tight or compacted soil

Examine the soil to find what what is going on and what soil problems you have.

Obviously with plants growing in the soil you don't want to disturb them but you will need to look after your plants;

• for nutrient deficiencies apply a liquid/ foliar feed to soil/ plants through the growing season
• water as needed to help weak rooted plants
sow in a seedbed consolidated with your hand or with the back of a rake

In the autumn loosen compacted soil with a fork and remove larger stones as needed.

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Allotment gardening is a great way to grow vegetables

Allotment gardening: fresh food, exercise, rewarding, social and fun. This site provides the knowledge to make it easy to grow vegetables for your family

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