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.
HOW TO GROW RADISH
Tag Archives: Seeds of Italy
How to Grow Turnips
Whats makes then so versatile is that the tops are as versatile and make great green and there are varieties called Rapini which dont produce a bulb at all the best variety for this is Rapa da foglia senza testa .
the only problems you may get are Flea beetle: Leaves are covered in small holes and damaged areas turn brown. Seedlings are particularly susceptible but using fleece with stop this
How to grow and plant Sweetcorn
The real reason to grow sweetcorn is that until you do its hard to imagine just how wonderful it is quite simply covered in butter as it coverts sugars very quickly after picking
The latest sweetcorns have shorter growing seasons but its still much better to start then off undercover
HOW TO USE GREEN MANURE TO INCREASE SWEETCORN GROWTH
Growing Chickpeas —How to sow and grow Chickpeas
One of the most ubiquitous foods we have is Hummus which can be transformed to another level if you have fresh Chickpeas and they are not difficult to grow if you follow some simple rules
Chickpeas are also well-known as garbanzo beans, and are a legume but not really a pea or a bean but do fix nitrogen into your soil so there no need to add nitrogen fertilizer
How to plant out your Chickpeas
How to sow Courgette and Squash
This film covers when to sow Cougette,which are also called Zucchini Squash and Pumpkins and why sowing to early leads to weaker less productive plants.
These are the varieties that over the years I have found have the best taste and store well
Courgette Rugosa Friulana
Courgette Tondo di Piacenza Emilia Romagna Round courgette can be stuffed and baked
Winter squash
Sweet Dumpling small can be baked whole has taste similar to sweet potato
Blue kuri and Red Kuri Small medium stores well nice nutty taste
Marina di Chioggia Medium to large
Musquee de Provence Large stores well
Once there ready to plant out a great space saving way is
Courgettes on your compost heap or they are fantastic in