Potato Days And Seed Swaps 2012
Potato Days are great events for kitchen gardeners and allotmenteers to attend. There are a large number of different potato varieties available including heritage varieties and most potato days offer individual seed potatoes for sale which is ideal if you are growing in containers or space is limited.
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Growing Cauliflower
Cauliflowers are a hungry crop, they need extremely fertile soil which is well draining to grow well. Cauliflowers can be a little temperamental so they may need a little extra attention in order to get a good crop of cauliflowers.
Growing Carrots
Carrots, the vegetable everyone loves to grow yet few have much success growing carrots. Carrot fly can be a real problem, carrots really are hard to please and soil conditions have to be perfect. However in this guide I am going to tell you how I grow carrots successfully and generally have little or no problems
Growing Cabbage
Cabbage is an excellent, relatively foolproof vegetable to grow. There are three main types of cabbage. Spring, summer and winter varieties and it is possible with planning to grow a year round supply of cabbages.
Growing Broccoli
Broccoli is a brilliant vegetable. I love the taste of freshly cut purple sprouting broccoli, similar to the taste of asparagus in my opinion. There are several different types of broccoli available which are purple sprouting broccoli, white sprouting broccoli, Calabrese (also called green broccoli) and finally perennial grown broccoli.
Growing Broad Beans
Broad beans are actually one of the oldest vegetables grown by humans, however up until recently broad beans were not grown as a vegetable but as a cattle food. Luckily that is no more, broad beans are such a fantastic tasting vegetable yet they are so incredibly easy to grow. The seeds are large, they germinate
Growing Beetroot
Freshly harvested beetroot tastes fabulous, unlike shop bought beetroot home grown beetroot has the most fantastic flavour. If you sow, harvest and store beetroot correctly it is possible to eat your own beetroot all year round – making it a very popular vegetable for home gardeners.
