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.

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Jul 1, 2008, My vegetable garden

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

Jul 1, 2008, Vegetable garden weed control

vegetable garden weed control made easy - vital for your vegetables to flourish

Jun 30, 2008, Easy Vegetable Gardening E-zine

'Easy vegetable gardening' is your monthly e-zine providing information and ideas through the season to make your life easier

Jun 30, 2008, 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

Jun 13, 2008, 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

Jun 10, 2008, Recommended rose gardening books

Feed your passion for roses with a selection of books on rose gardening

Jun 5, 2008, How to make compost

Learn how to make compost for free to improve your vegetable garden

Jun 5, 2008, An allotment book can be a valuable guide to your successful work allotment

Find an allotment book that suits your needs to help you allotment gardening

Jun 3, 2008, Vegetable gardening book suggestions

A good vegetable gardening book is an essential reference for successful vegetable gardening, find one that suits you ...

Jun 3, 2008, Late Spring in my vegetable garden

The Asparagus is great - a real indulgence! Two weeks left until mid June for cutting.

We are still eating leeks and chard from 2007/8.

Globe Artichoke are ready to eat as too are small Little Gem and Lollo Roso lettuce - yum!

The sown/ planted early crops of beetroot, potatoes, carrots, peas, shallots, garlic ... are well advanced and looking healthy.

Now the risk of frosts has passed it's time for the curcubits (melon, courgette, outdoor cucumber and butternut squash) sown in April to be planted out in early June. So too can the dwarf french beans, climbing beans and sweetcorn that are growing well in my small greenhouse.

New season brassicas (we like curly Kale and Purple sprouting broccoli and red cabbage and calabrese) have been sown in short rows and have emerged and will be grown for transplanting later.

This spring has been a poor year for some seed germination; 50% for sweetcorn, 30% for beans and 0% pumkins, which will mean re-sowing is necessary. I'm still waiting for parsnips to emerge after a month.

Sadly the unusual lovely hot sunny weather of April has been replaced by dull gloomy low cloud and rain of late -poor for one's spirits but good for growing I suppose!

My first experiment with a true board edged raised bed has been constructed at much effort compared to the usual raised earth beds. It will be used for the next sowing of carrots.

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