This year my display is sponsored by Suttons, and having already had two gold’s the pressure is much greater when going for a hat trick.

Most show schedules have classes for beans of some description and all are usually well entered in, particularly the broad bean classes at local shows

Not so many years ago, the class for small onions or onions under 8 ounces as they used to be called, would be staged predominantly

A lot of hard work and preparation went into the onion beds this year, they were initially all forked over to a good depth during

This year more than ever it’s important to grow varieties that are going to fit the judging criteria of the show you intend to exhibit

If someone asked me which vegetable I dislike judging the most then the answer would more than likely be the globe beetroot, mainly because they

I am growing two types of blanch leeks this year in the three long beds in the bottom polytunnel. Two of the beds will be

Onions – All my beds have been built up using concrete blocks to a height of around 600mm, this means that the soil is very

To get top quality exhibition long carrots for the August shows they have to be sown before the end of March as they need a

Once the pots are filled they are placed side by side into a furrow or trench the width of the pot and about a spit