Today I was mostly giving my Veggy plot a well deserved makeover by upgrading the visual and practical parts of my 2 raised beds. As the start of the sowing season is upon us, I wanted to make my raised beds a little more appealing on the eye by removing the rocks holding down the side of the netting over the beds and not spending alot of money doing it.

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February 9, 2008
One of my New Years resolutions was to learn how to cook with the vegetables I grow. I am a complete novice at cooking and usually I would just cut and steam them with a meat or fish dish, very nice but not very creative.

So today I harvested some carrots (Autumn King 2 variety) and decided to put my plan into action to make soup. I had already bought the 1 litre soup n sauce bags (heavy gauge, zip seal and gussetted so they stand up on their own) from Lakeland.
Easy Carrot Soup
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January 27, 2008
Its the beginning of the new year so what better time to plan and buy vegetable seeds, fruit and potatoes that I will be sowing and growing in my 3 back garden plots in 2008.
Heres a quick run down of what I will mostly be sowing this year:-
- Beetroot boltardy,
- Broccoli tenderstem green,
- Brussel Sprouts genus f1,
- Cabbage resolution savoy (winter),
- Cabbage tundra f1 (winter),
- Cabbage golden acre (summer),
- Calabrese ironman f1,
- Carrot amsterdam forcing 3 (spring/summer),
- Carrot james scarlet intermediate (summer),
- Carrot autumn king 2 (autumn/winter),
- Cucumber green fingers f1 (to be grown in mini greenhouse)
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January 12, 2008
This week I will mostly be harvesting yet more runner beans! and plenty of tomato’s.

My tomato plants dispite looking very dishevelled because I have occassionally forgotten to water them are still producing a harvest of red and yellow fruit.
My Maris Peer xmas potatoes have loved the recent warm weather and have shot up above the pot with just 3 weeks of growth. I have now earthed them up with compost to the top of the pots.


Crops Progress
- Mini Leeks - 10 weeks growth and growing strong as they are protected behind the chicory. Estimated Harvest Date: 27 Oct after 15 weeks growth.
- Chicory - 10 weeks with lots of leaf growth and no slugs!…. yet. Estimated Harvest Date: 13 Oct after 13 weeks.
- First sowing of Autumn King 2 Carrots - 10 weeks growth. Estimated Harvest Date: 13 Oct after 13 weeks.
- Second sowing of Autumn King 2 Carrots - 3 weeks growth. Estimated Harvest Date: 17 Nov after 13 weeks.
- Turnip (Atlantic) - 3 weeks growth. Estimated Harvest Date: 27 Oct after 8-10 weeks.
- Pak Choi - 3 weeks growth. Estimated Harvest Date: 17 Nov after 13 weeks.
- Cabbage - Advantage (spring greens) - 3 weeks growth. Estimated Harvest Date: December after 20 weeks.
- Cabbage - Spring Hero - 3 weeks growth. Estimated Harvest Date: April/May 2008
Reminder of Cold Weather on the way.
After watching BBC1’s Countryfile on Sunday I saw the temperatures over the UK would be tumbling this week which reminded me to buy some fleece. I bought some Horticultural Fleece for the vegetable plot and my potato buckets 3m x 6m for £5.28 incl P&P from Ebay seller ‘All Seasons Gardener’.
Below are the Week 23 picture updates of my 3 vegetable plots.



September 18, 2007