overwintering Overwintering veg One of the real assets on our smallholding is our polytunnel. It came with the house when we bought it and, whilst we were initially unsure if we'd use it all year round, we've found it ideal for getting the growing season off to a good start by overwintering some
vegetables Summer harvest As well as rearing our own pigs, lambs and poultry for the table we also enjoy growing as much of our own fruit and vegetables as time permits (we are only part-time smallholders after all). Despite a slow start (thanks to a cooler-than-average June) the warmer weather in July and
tomatoes Summer harvest Whilst we’ve been having some much needed rain over the last couple of days, the weather since the start of the month has been mostly sunny and warm which has sent our vegetable patches and fruit cage into overdrive. Gillian has been spending a lot of her free hours
vegetables Broccoli and cauliflower It felt like spring had arrived on Saturday as we were working away in one of our vegetable patches in the warm sunshine. The weekend’s main activity was to plant out the broccoli and cauliflower plants that we’ve been overwintering in one of our greenhouses since October. They
