Check for eggs (& caterpillars) regularly
Absolutely the best way to avoid caterpillars from chomping through your brassica crops is to regularly check for eggs over the next few weeks. Even if they are growing under…
Growing Tips and Advice
Courgettes & Squash – Male Flowers Come First
When Courgette, Squash, Pumpkins and Cucumbers start to flower, they normally produce male only flowers for a week or so… The male flowers, which you will recognise as there is…
What to Plant Now (mid July)
Mid-July is a really good time for planting up a few extras to extend the season. This is especially worth doing if you’re not planning to plant winter crops in…
Possible problems with potatoes
Potatoes do not always look perfectly formed when you dig them up – in this article, we look at scab (pictured) and a few other things that you may encounter…
Planting plugs in hot or dry weather
It can be difficult to get plants off to a good start when the soil is very dry and the weather is hot. Now that we’re seeing a few more…
5 top tips for anyone growing salad leaves
If you’ve got a bed of lettuces and salad leaves on the go, then you will find some of these tips handy! Keep Lettuces & Salad Leaves Cool Hot temperatures…
Crops to protect with mesh netting
Mesh netting is a really simple way of protecting so many crops from all sorts of different pests – usually sold by the metre, it’s well worth getting your hands…
Midsummer Planting Guide
As we hit midsummer, there is so much to plant and doing so will give you a great crop from late summer through to winter, depending on what you plant…
Mice, Voles, Rats & More
You may notice small holes like this one popping up around your veg plot – rodents get busy at this time of year as they search for food, creating tunnels…
When/how to start harvesting cut & come again salads
At this time of year, lettuces and salad leaves tend to grow quite quickly, and within two or three weeks of planting you may find you can start harvesting… Once…
3 clear signs that the soil is too dry
Depending on where you are in the country, you may be finding some plants are struggling to get go because of dry soil. Here are three easy warning signs to…
Dealing with blackflies on broad beans
If you see clusters of tiny black aphids on the tops of your broad bean plants at this time of year, you’re probably looking at a blackfly infestation. What does…