Shallots – Easy to grow, quick to harvest

shallot in the garden

Shallot sets get planted every year in our vegetable garden. They fall into the allium category on our crop rotation plan together with onions and garlic that we grow. Shallots can be planted at any time from the shortest day to early April providing the ground isn’t waterlogged and the temperature is above 7°C so […]

Chitting Potatoes

I have been chitting potatoes tonight. Both early and main crop varieties benefit from this, but there is a slightly different way to treat each one. If you haven’t grown early potatoes before then without a doubt, you are missing out and I would urge you to try growing a few this year! Freshly dug […]

Growing Tomatoes and Peppers from Seed

the potting shed

The weather has been miserable here in Bedfordshire. It is very wet and the temperature has been close to freezing all day. There is snow forecast for tonight but I have been struggling on with my plans for growing tomatoes and peepers from seed. I have been out in the potting shed this afternoon, where […]

Planting Early Potatoes in the Greenhouse

Tim-planting-potatoes

Today is National Potato Day, so I thought it would be good to plant our early potatoes in the greenhouse. Swift are often called the ‘earliest early’ because they can be harvested as new potatoes in just 60 days when the weather is warm enough. If all goes according to plan, I should have new […]