http://topveg.com news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The website www.peas.org has delicious recipes and supper ideas with peas. Click this link to order the Yes Peas! FREE Recipe Booklet. Six new recipes were developed last year. http://topveg.com/2008/05/16/yes-peas-free-recipe-booklet/ Here are 15 tips for grow your own (GYO) vegetables in an hour a week. An hour a week is not much to pay for a garden full of vegetables ready to be picked as required! To make the most of an hour of gardening, & to give maximum return on effort, ... http://topveg.com/2008/05/15/15-tips-to-gyo-vegetables-in-an-hour-a-week/ Why are potatoes ridged up with earth? Earthing up potatoes stops the light getting to the growing tubers. If potatoes catch light, they turn green and they should not be eaten. Earthing up potatoes into a ridge improves the yield of potatoes. http://topveg.com/2008/05/14/why-are-potatoes-ridged-up-with-earth/ How long should earthing up potatoes continue? If the potato row is 30 inches wide, the ridge is usually about 6 inches above soil level. Any higher and the soil runs down as there is a natural angle of repose. http://topveg.com/2008/05/12/how-long-should-earthing-up-potatoes-continue/ Many gardeners germinate vegetable seeds indoors so that when it is time to plant vegetables outdoors they already have a head start on their garden. There is nothing complicated about planting seeds indoors. These nine tips show how simple it is. 1. The time to sow seeds indoors ... http://topveg.com/2008/05/11/nine-tips-for-planting-vegetable-seeds-indoors/ Now is a good time to plant 'cut and come again' salads. They can be grown in: containers window boxes directly in the vegetable garden salads need to be shaded from direct sunshine in midsummer. Thomson & Morgan has a list of “cut and come again” types: red Bulls Blood variegated Land Cress which crops almost all year rocket chicory Follow ... http://topveg.com/2008/05/09/plant-cut-and-come-again-salads-now/ The First True Leaves are growing on the Asparagus Peas. The two large cotyledon leaves are still bright green, but the first true leaves are now developing - 29 days after planting the asparagus pea seeds. http://topveg.com/2008/05/08/first-true-leaves-growing-on-asparagus-peas/ Farming Friends & TopVeg have collaborated to create a How To Grow Onions growing card. Click on the image below to enlarge the picture of the card. The card may be downloaded, printed off and pinned to the potting shed wall as a useful reference on how to grow onions. http://topveg.com/2008/05/07/how-to-grow-onions/ Attack the weeds in the vegetable garden when they are young and very small. If small weeds are pulled up, with a hoe or by hand, the fine roots and stems, seen in the photo above,will dry up quickly and the weeds will die. http://topveg.com/2008/05/06/attack-weeds-when-they-are-very-small/ The potatoes have started to grow as the temperature rises, and it is easy to start to ridge them up as they grow. The potato seed was planted shallowly, just covered with soil, so that it would come out quickly. When the shoots are about 12 cm above ... http://topveg.com/2008/05/05/start-to-ridge-up-potatoes/