Champion show grower John Trim runs us through the details of cultivation of exhibition runner beans for the show bench in this second article of three on show growing runner beans. This is Part Two of Three Parts on Exhibition…
There can be no fresher tasting vegetables or herbs than the ones you’ve grown yourself. Whether you are a first-time allotment holder or an ‘old-hand’, the Vegetable & Herb Expert will show you how to get started; where to grow…
How to Grow Carrots – A Guide to Growing Carrots Keyfacts on Growing Carrots: Carrots are quite easy to grow but need deep fertile sandy soil . They come in various shapes and colours ranging from small round varieties, short…
Running an allotment is one of the most relaxing things you can do in your spare time. It’s a place you can be one with nature and escape all of the problems of the modern world. That is until it…
These photos are from Valerie Davidson who now has an allotment in Gillingham, Kent. Kent – ‘the garden of England’ Almost the perfect place to grow. Valerie says: Today I have finished digging my Allotment. I had 3 allotments in…
Growing potatoes in bags is a great way of getting a useful crop from a small space. If you have a greenhouse then you can also get a very early crop. Usually by the time the first crop of the…
How to Grow Tomatoes – A Guide to Growing Tomatoes Growing tomatoes, especially in the English summer, is not always an easy task! But the flavour of home grown tomatoes is unbeatable, no shop bought tomato can ever compete with…
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Champion show grower John Trim explains the process of vegetative propagation of blanch leeks which is a fairly advanced technique but this step by step guide makes it easy to understand. Visitors to the top shows are often amazed at…
Carrots are biennial which means that they spend the first year of their life developing the tuber, the carrot that we eat. If, instead of harvesting them, you leave them in the ground in the second year the plant will…