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Welsh Branch Championships of the NVS 1999
There is no doubt that over the past few years
Staging Vegetables on the Show Bench – Peas
Peas are a good example of a vegetable that’s easily
National Vegetable Society Championships 2004
11th – 12th September 2004. The Annual Championships took place this year within the Royal Borough of Tunbridge Wells and by kind invitation of Alan
The Harrogate Show – 17th – 19th September 2004
I have to admit that the Harrogate show certainly takes some beating, it just seems to get better and better every year and this is
Getting the Balance Right
I immediately removed the polythene and the fleece and was amazed at the temperatures on the outside of the bags. When I pushed my hands
Getting the Harvest In
This is the time when we should be thinking about harvesting quite a few vegetables from the garden prior to the Autumn rains spoiling them.
The Malvern Autumn Show
25th and 26th September 2004. The Malvern Great Autumn show is usually the last big vegetable celebration of the year for most gardeners. With regards
The RHS Summer Fruit and Vegetable Show 2004
Hampton Court Flower Show was the venue for the RHS Summer Fruit and Vegetables show held last Saturday and Sunday, the last two days of
NVS Welsh Branch Championships 2004
The above Championships, held on the Sunday and Monday of the August Bank holiday was certainly a show of pure quality, the vegetables on display
Greenhouses – Types, Suitability, Cleaning, Heating and Lighting
There are steel greenhouses as well as plastic, aluminium and wood. My recommendation would be for one of the latter two, they are both excellent
Coping with Winter
Frost brings it’s own problems, it can particularly put a great deal of load on your electric greenhouse heater. Do make sure that you check
Large Kelsae Onions
My own re selected seed of the large Kelsae onions are doing very well at the moment and will very shortly be ready for transplanting.
Celery and Parsley
I am not in that much of a hurry to get my celery sown just yet, however if you have an early show from the
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Shallots
Traditionally, Shallots (Allium ascolonium) were always planted on the shortest day, the 21st December and harvested on the longest day, the 21st June. Conditions however
Madhouse Time in the Greenhouses
It’s madhouse time over at the greenhouses in Bangor at the moment with everything needing to be done at the same time, seed sowing, transplanting,
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Salad Material
Salading or Salad vegetables are defined in the Royal Horticultural Society Show Handbook as ‘A vegetable used in either a raw or cooked state and
Backing up with an F1 Hybrid celery seed for the Chelsea Show. Transplanting young Onion Seedlings
Celery – there is nothing worse than having banked on a certain sowing only to find, for some reason or other, that the germination has
Sowing and Growing Parsnips
Different growing mixtures, cultivars and timing makes the difference between show winning parsnips and the also ran. Sowing Parsnips It’s time to be thinking about
Greenhouse Shelving, Benches and Lighting
Have a good think of how you can utilise space within your greenhouse. There are many different designs on shelving that you can now purchase,
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Broad Beans, Peas and Onions
It’s time now to turn over the soil for planting Broad beans, Peas and Onion sets directly outdoors. The ground however must be in the
Covers for Carrot Beds and EEC Regulations on Pesticides
Might I suggest that you build yourself a temporary cover to go over your carrot beds, both for the long and the short if they
Benefits of under soil heating and artificial lighting
When you have the benefit of under soil heating and artificial lighting it certainly extends your growing season considerably. This can happen to such an