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The sun is shining, and making all the seedlings grow really well. Now is the time for my brassicas to be pricked out. They’re still fairly small, so I need to make sure I’m very gentle with them. Here’s how … Continue reading →

Pricking out your seedlings is very important, because they need more room to grow and spread their roots. It can be a little bit daunting because the seedlings are very small and fragile. All you need is the right equipment … Continue reading →

When I filmed this last week, the sun was shining, and the weather was lovely and hot and sunny. Today however, it’s pissing down with rain, blowing a gale, is cold, and generally really nasty weather. So I’m inside looking … Continue reading →

Peas should be sown successionally, which means, sow a handful one month, then another handful the following month, and keep sowing until August. If you sow your peas this way, then when one lot has finished, the next lot is … Continue reading →

Some of my cucumber seedlings are ready to be pricked out and put into 3 inch pots. It’s very easy to do. Now they’re in larger pots, they’ll have more space to spread their roots.

Conveniently today Mark had to go to London. Apparently he was going to see a friends film (so he tells me), but I think it was just an excuse so he didn’t have to shovel more manure from the stables. … Continue reading →