Test of a good gardener.

I always try to grow  vegetables in the winter. This is the test of a good gardener.  Having food from the garden in the darkest time of the year.

Having an abundance of vegetables either stored or straight out of the ground, this includes the ‘hungrey gap’ from april till june.

Not much grows in winter, but a well-organised plan may nonetheless  fill up your plot. You need to plan carefully, and well ahead (as early as spring) for sowing and planting at specific times through the year. Read this blog to learn the secrets, which will be explained thoughout the coming winter 

Frist frost last night here in Oxford.

Winter veg.

winter is coming.  The weather here in the UK has got colder and we are having the first full day of rain since early March.

It has been very warm and dry down on the allotment and a lot of work has gone into making my veg grow.

However, I am full up on both my allotments with: Kale, cabbage, leeks, chard and spinnage growing nicely in the ground.

My deep freeze is full of soft fruits and I have 48 Kilner jars of strewed apple…..So I reckon that I am all set till late May.

How do you grow winter veg. I hear you cry….it is all a question of timing of seed sowing through out the year.

Leek Pest

 At last the 10th September  has come and gone. This is the date when the moths stop laying/caterpillars stop eating and they pupate for winter.
 I only hope that the caterpillars know this