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Tomato blight is the boogeyman of tomato growers, especially here in the UK. Our humid climate makes it the perfect environment for blight to take hold and many of us who grow tomatoes have to deal with early or late blight. For the first time, Kate and I joined that […]
While it’s true that you can harvest and use homegrown onions at any point, regardless of size, if you want to store your onion harvest so that you can still be enjoying your produce months from now, there are a few key steps you need to be aware of. When […]
If you want the best garlic harvest, there are a few key factors you need to consider. Choose the Right Garlic Varieties Begin your garlic-growing journey by selecting the most suitable garlic varieties for your region. Two main types of garlic are commonly grown in British gardens: hardneck and softneck. […]
July is awesome. Not just cause it’s party month (my birthday and our wedding anniversary) but because July is usually the month of abundance in the vegetable garden with beetroot, courgettes, peas, blueberries, strawberries, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and loads more. This year has been a tad more exciting than […]
I had one of those laughable moments a few weeks ago when it was like I was a brand new, inexperienced gardener again, when I had for a second, forgotten everything I have learned over the years. I was in the greenhouse wondering why I had next to no tomatoes […]
Much like beetroot and tomatoes, when you grow your own chillies you get an awful lot of the little blighters and can’t always use them up so the solution is to dry them, that way you have loads of dried chilli flakes to use at will and they last. I […]
