There is no doubt that the vegetable that I’ve had more success with over my years of exhibiting has been carrots, in particular the long

Celery is a bog plant in it’s natural environment which immediately means that it likes moist damp conditions as well as plenty of organic matter.

Last week I mentioned that growing and showing long carrots has given me more success over the years than any other vegetable. If on the

My growing cabinet has now served it’s purpose for another year and the surrounding hardboard panels that form the outer skin have now been kept.

The current criteria, in both the RHS and NVS judges guides, clearly state that a dish of carrots stump rooted or other than long should

There’s no doubt that tomatoes certainly need more bench room than many other plants as they very quickly grow on under good growing conditions and

I intend to sow my runner beans this week in order to have some ready from mid August onwards. It is of course far too

My potatoes will be the main task this coming week and I shall be reducing the quantities to concentrate on growing them back in large

The blanch leeks that I am growing this year are from bulbils that were given to me by Peter Holden the current World record holder

This week is the start of a very hectic fortnight culminating in the whole of next week being spent at the Chelsea Flower Show with