Instant veggie garden. Grow Lettuce in a Box.

Broccoli boxes make the best instant veggie garden containers. This time I'm growing lettuce but you could plant a whole range of veggies and salad leaf plants only limited by your imagination. The sneaky seed rating mix trial is between store-bought potting mix and homegrown compost. I'm keen to see the difference if any.

The Great Potting Mix Trial. Week 4 results.

Week 4 in the great potting mix trial and things are turning out pretty much as I thought they would.

Happy to say that when I suggest you buy a good quality potting mix I now have evidence to back it up.

How to Control Grey Aphids on your Brassicas.

Grey Aphids if left uncontrolled will suck the life out of your brassicas and leave them for dead.
Luckily for us, it's an easy pest to control.

How to grow your own food. Radish

If you're new to the whole veggie growing thing then might I suggest you start with radish!

1st you'll need some good garden soil or a largish (30cm) pot and some good quality potting mix.

Plant your seeds as directed on the packet and keep watered. Please don't buy seedlings, radish grows so quick you won't gain anything and waste your money.

Once your seedlings begin to emerge from the soil, about 4 days, begin to apply a good liquid fertilizer, I use and recommend Powerfeed by Seasol and when they are just a bit smaller than a golf ball pick them out of the ground and enjoy.

Radish, if grown stress-free ie. regular watering and application of fertilizer, won't get very hot to taste but will maintain a good warm peppery taste.

So, what the bloody hell are you waiting for? Get stuck in.

The best weeding tool ever!

Let me know what your plans are for the garden this weekend, I love to hear from you!
Plus another greatest handheld weeding tool on the planet thanks to Shogun Tools.
The original, "Best weeding tool on the planet." https://youtu.be/MTciAFlYW3s Shogun Tools. https://www.shoguntools.com/product-page/japanese-weeding-sickle-cut-kama-left-handed

What to plant in May.

What to plant in May with a little help from Gardenate.com.