To get the best crop from peas, they need some support for the tendrils to hang on to, so that they can climb up, and lift themselves above the soil.
The best supports for peas are:
How To grow Potatoes is an eBook full of knowledge for the gardener growing potatoes in their vegetable garden or allotment.
Written by an experienced Yorkshire potato grower, this new book describes how to store and cook potatoes as well as grow them.
Order the book on-line or try a free sample mini-eBook HowToGrowPotatoes Read More »
How To grow Potatoes is an eBook full of knowledge for the gardener growing potatoes in their vegetable garden or allotment.
Written by an experienced Yorkshire potato grower, this new book describes how to store and cook potatoes as well as grow them.
Order the book on-line or try a free sample mini-eBook HowToGrowPotatoes Read More »
Mangetout is an immature pea which is eaten in the pod, sugar snap peas are slightly more mature & can be eaten as mangetout - or as peas separately. Read More »
pea plant seed vegetable gardenGrowing peas just for shoots is a novel idea.
Pea shoots are from the top 2 to 6 inches of a younger pea plant, & include two to four pairs of leaves and immature tendrils. They sometimes have small flower buds amongst them. Two or three cuts are taken from each batch of seeds. Read More »
Ten easy steps to growing new potatoes in an old compost bag!
1. In February or March find an old compost bag.
2. Roll the empty compost bag down to half way.
3. Mix enough soil to fill half the bag with two handfuls of well-rotted manure.
4. Half fill the bag with the soil mixture. Read More »
Wireworms (Latin name Agriotes ) are the soil-dwelling larvae of click beetles, & are a pest in the garden. Although there are over 60 species of wireworm, the main problems are Agriotes lineatus, Agriotes obscurus and Agriotes sputator.
Occurence of Wireworms Read More »
potatoesPotato cyst eelworm (latin name - Globodera rostochiensis & Globodera pallida) is a serious pest of potatoes.
Golden cyst eelworm (Globodera rostochiensis) predominates in southern Britain while the white cyst eelworm (Globodera pallida) is more common in Lincolnshire & north of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Symptoms of potato cyst eelworm
This ‘How to Grow Tomatoes’ guide shows that tomatoes are easy to grow but require daily attention.
Sowing Tomato Seeds
Mojca from Slovenia has written in to say that saving seeds from your favourite vegetables can be fun. She gave the link for an interesting site, and her comment is shown below:
In my experience seed saving can really be fun and very useful Read More »
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