Just a quick video showing how I go about planting and growing my potatoes in pots. Dead simple, using a 30 litre pot fill up half full with any multipurpose compost. Then I add 2 oz of Blood Fish & Bone fertilizer , or this year 1 oz of Potato Magic
I decided to harvest all this years Large Exhibition Show Onions tonight as there were 3 days of red hot weather forecast....WOW !!! and as I was going to lift them at the weekend I couldn't risk a final growth spurt and splitting. These are the
Planting out this years Giant Carrots.These are planted out into the polytunnel in a deep bed of soil surrounded by compost with additional fertilizers added and mycorrhizal fungi to the roots to hopefully produge a huge specimen in September if they
This video is about small-scale wheat production using modified garden machinery and a home-built threshing machine. I grow my own wheat and make bread not because its 10% cheaper but because I think its 100% better - and it gives me great
How I go about preparing the various sand boxes and barrels before sowing the Exhibition Show carrots. Both the long ones and the stump rooted ones are grown in sharp sand. Cores are taken out using a pipe to the desired depth and then the holes
A quick video of how I go about planting potatoes in containers and then taking up a little soil space on the bed the roots are allowed to grow through the holes into the soil beneath. This is how I did it last year and had some amazing crops of 11
Just a quick video showing how I grow a few potatoes in the polytunnel in containers for an extra early crop. I use a really fast maturing first early potato such as Rocket. Then simply add 3-4" of compost to a pot or a container,add a little
Another potato harvest from the containers, this time it's 90 days of growing since planting. Harvested another pot of Nicola and the first test pot of Anya. Reasonably happy with the Nicola but very surprised with the Anya, although a little small
Did I finally manage to hit the magical 10 pound mark with this years Giant Onion Growing challenge ?
Pulling and harvesting the first of the long & stump rooted show carrots this year for my first show. Not too bad this year considering they didn't look too brilliant as far as the tops were looking. Managed a couple of reasonable pairs for a small
As the government reveals its plans to launch a 'grow your own' revolution, allotment tenant and Gardeners' World presenter Alys Fowler explains how to use the best of the winter weather to compost common weeds and plant next year's garlic crop
Just a quick video about how I chit or sprout my seed potatoes before they are planted in the ground later in Spring. The reason for doing it is not only to get some nice strong green shoots which will make the plant grow quicker but it also is a way
Making a Carrot whistle. Depending on how bored I get through Winter, Parsnip Pan pipes may be next. Happy Gardening.
http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk Planting and growing garlic couldn't be easier. Any time from late Autumn to Early Spring separate your garlic bulbs into separate cloves. Don't use supermarket ones as these aren't certified virus free,use garlic
My allotment at the beginning of the 2nd year. Most of the beds are completed and all is ready for the new planting season and a bumper crop of vegetables and fruit. The plot produced 800lb in 2007. See also video Summer 2008. and website
Pulling some of the Long and Stump rooted Exhibition Show Carrots for the final show of the year. This year I've been happy with the Parsnips and Long Carrots but the Stump ones have had a rough skin, maybe due to the excessive heat in the
