Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Kitchen Garden

    GROWING FOR DINNER & DISPLAY

    Oct 24, 2018 3 minutes

    HOW DO YOU GROW ONE PARTICULAR NAMED CROP?

    Potatoes are grown in poly bags for ease of growing and harvesting and also showing. I grow a few early potatoes in 20-litre poly bags. These can be started off early in a cold greenhouse or polytunnel then taken outside in a few weeks. I fill the poly bags with multipurpose compost and add a handful of potato fertiliser to each bag mix. The potatoes are placed as deep in the

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Kitchen Garden

    Kitchen Garden7 min read
    A Space Apart
    How long have you been growing your own and how long have you had your allotment? I've been an avid gardener now for well over 10 years, learning as I go while also trying to teach my two children, Imogen (10) and Oscar (5). Before we got the keys to
    Kitchen Garden3 min read
    Top Jobs For May
    Plant out companion flowers in the veg beds to encourage beneficial insects. Nasturtiums, gem marigolds, calendula and borage help to boost harvests and are edible too. Thin direct sown veg, including parsnips and carrots. Firstly, thin to half spaci
    Kitchen Garden6 min read
    Meet The Apple Doctor
    Where did your love of horticulture come from? I come from a family of people who worked outdoors. My father's side worked on the land, in woodlands and farming, but I suppose I fell into gardening as a career when I left school. I was sent off for v

    Related Books & Audiobooks