Mulching Made Easy
Disposing of leaves can be costly if you have them hauled away, or not great for the environment if you are one to burn them. You’re going to think I’m crazy when I say, DON’T get rid of those piles of fallen leaves! Leaves offer a valuable and free source of nutrients for your soil. The best way to use them is to make what we call leaf mold.
Fertilizer for Vegetables
It is at the beginning of the season when the winter dug soil is being broken down for seedbed or planting preparations that we get the best value from balanced fertilizer applications.
Harvesting Vegetables
Onions and shallots need special care, for they must be mature, with the foliage dried off naturally, usually towards the end of August or early September.
Vegetable Crop Rotation
Take advantage of empty spaces but do not overcrowd or break crop rotation rules.
Growing Vegetables in a Greenhouse
Germination of such seeds as tomatoes, cucumbers, marrows, peppers, sweet corn, etc., requires an extra level of temperature.
Transplanting Vegetable Plants
Plants grown in peat pots should he planted without the removal of the pots, but in most cases the rims of the pots must be below ground level.
Preparing Vegetable Seeds Beds
Ready for sowing with confidence, but do remember the wise gardener’s maxim: "Sow dry, plant wet".
How to Get The Ground Ready
Land that has been growing grass and weeds for years is inclined to be acid and short of calcium, so check the pH level.
Soil Types and How to Improve Them
Medium loam types of soil (mixtures of sand and clay) are regarded as the best for vegetable growing and easy to work.
