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Variety Reviews

July 23, 2018

Variety Reviews

Here’s my list of varieties that I have taken meticulous notes...
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August 13, 2018

Touchon Carrot

The Touchon carrot is an heirloom variety that is supposed to...
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July 26, 2018

Gergana Cucumber

Freshly picked cucumbers are one of the delights of growing your...
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July 25, 2018

Autumn Giant

The Autumn Giant Cauliflower was named by an optimist, clearly. Although...
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July 25, 2018

Green Bush Courgette

A very common courgette type, and one that I wouldn’t normally...
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July 24, 2018

Orange Banana tomato

Orange banana Tomato Seed and plant information: General Observations The comically...
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July 21, 2018

Skykomish Tomato

Skykomish tomato Seed and plant information: General Observations The Skykomish is...
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July 12, 2018

Special Swiss Sweetcorn

Special Swiss Sweetcorn Seed and plant information: General Observations I have...
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July 11, 2018

‘Colossale’ Fennel

‘Colossale’ Fennel Seed and plant information: General Observations This variety is...
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July 10, 2018

‘Azur’ Blue Kohl Rabi

‘Azur’ Blue Kohl Rabi Seed and plant information: General Observations This...
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Other Blogs
  • Claire's Crops
  • Down on the Allotment
  • Growing the future
  • Real Men Sow
  • Vegetablism
Resources
  • BBC Gardening basics
  • Blight watch UK
  • Check first and last frost dates
  • garden organic
  • Gardeners world, what to do now
  • The National Allotment Society
  • The National Vegetable Society
Sites for Seed ordering.
  • DT Brown seeds
  • The Organic Gardening Catalogue
  • The Real Seed Catalogue
Varieties
All The Year Round Aubergine BBQ Mixed F1 Beetroot Boltardy bonica (F1 Hybrid) bonica F1 Hybrid Boogie Borlotto Firetongue Bright Lights Broadbean Brussels Sprouts Butternut Squash Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Charlotte Chinese Leaf Cosmic Purple Courgette Cucumber De Monica Dreadnought Dwarf French Bean Edonis Harrier F1 Jogger F1 Leeks Lettuce Melon Onion Pablo F1 Hybrid Pak Choi Yuushou F1 Pandora Pea Pepper Potato Premiere Revenge Shirley (F1 hybrid) Sungold (F1 Hybrid) Sungold - Open Pollinated Supa Roma Sweetcorn Tomato
To do this Month

2021

  • Sow Cucumber
  • Sow sweetcorn
  • Sowing Courgette
  • Wilt
  • Keeping your crops free from stress
  • Leaf scorch in April!
  • Scale insect
  • Using a root trainer
  • 'Planting out' the tomatoes
  • Planting out the Aubergines

2020

  • What to do in May
  • Plant out the sweet peppers
  • Plant out the melons
  • Dealing with the dreaded slugs organically.
  • Potting on courgettes
  • Frost Damage
  • Grow ginger from the supermarket
  • More seed sowing in April.
  • Using technology to help grow your veg.
  • Sow Cucamelon
LAX shuttle service
Pests and Diseases
Bacterial Canker Badger Birds Blossom End Rot Broad bean chocolate spot Cabbage Root Fly Cat Caterpillars Cold Damage flea beetle Frost Damage Greenfly Leaf Curl Leaf Scorch Magnesium deficiency Mice Pests & Diseases Potato Blight Powdery Mildew Rodent Rust Scale Insect Slugs Vine Weevil Wilt
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