One of the great pleasures of growing vegetables is to be able to harvest fresh salad in the cooler months,the flavor seems fresher and more welcome through autumn and Winter
its important to use varieties that are adapted to growing in these cooler conditions
The varieties that work for me are Continue reading Winter Salads
Home grown lettuce really does have that wonderful taste and crunch you rarely get when buying , its easy to grow if you follow these steps and you can have fresh salad 365 days a year with the right mix of varieties
The ones I grow to give me a constant supply are Continue reading Planting Lettuce
When growing lettuce the seedlings often grow very quickly after germination and they benefit from potting on slightly deeper
In this film I explain why and also how to avoid “Damping off” a problem that can be devastating to young seedlings
Rocket,salad rocket or Arugula to give it its most common names is a herb that actually prefers to grow in the cooler months and is really productive in Spring and Autumn and is much less likely to bolt and run to seed than it will during the height of Summer.
Radish is such an easy and accommodating vegetable to grow that it tends to be disregarded as a serious crop which is a great shame as fresh radish is so different from the shop bought variety.
