Welcome to the Small Veggie Patch!

I've grown my own fruit and vegetables since a child and for the past eight years I've been lucky enough to run a half plot allotment. However, my last three years were disastrous at the allotment due to the very strange weather. Cold late Springs, dry Summers and unpredictable precipitation. Last year (2013) I got hold of my spade and decided to turn the 'dumping ground' at the end of my garden into a raised bed veggie patch. Here's what happened... And is happening...

Friday 18 April 2014

Good Friday 2014

First Early Potatoes making good progress. 
Greenhouse tomatoes doing well. 
Peppers coming along nicely. 


Tuesday 8 April 2014

Raised beds in April

My reckoning is I'm about a month ahead of last year... 
The first early potatoes planted last week after being stored in the fridge are emerging already.
Raised beds are quite a lot warmer than clay soil around them. Lettuce seedlings already germinating, I'm growing a cut and come again variety, less room and look better in a salad and less waste! 

April Greenhouse



Greenhouse planted up with tomatoes and peppers. 7 April 2014