If you leave the soil on your vegetable patch bare over winter, you can let some of the minerals leach away, however if you were to plant a green manure, such as these lovely Field Beans, not only would you help the soil hold onto the minerals, you would benefit the fertility by the [...]
Archive for the ‘Vegetable growing’ Category
1 Apr
The new additions to our menagerie
A couple of weeks ago some quail eggs arrived from Ebay, so we popped them into our incubator for a couple of weeks, and 17 days later, these little dudes appeared. Out of a dozen eggs we had 7 of the little fellas hatch, not bad for a first go. Needless to say our kids [...]
7 Mar
First tentative shoots of spring.
I love this time of year, everything seems to be getting ready to burst into life, you can almost sense the possibilites in the air. All my planning through the dark winter months of what I’ll be growing in my vegetable garden start taking shape. One of the first things I get going is the [...]
22 Oct
The secret to Supercharged Vegetables.
The traditional way to improve your vegetable patch is to add lots of organic matter, but soil is a complex substance that requires a new viewpoint. My father who has been growing veg organically since I was little, is always looking for ways to improve the quality of his soil, and hence the vegetables, a [...]
