Eden Greenhouses

 

Greenhouses

Eden GreenHouses

One of the countries leading manufacturers of quality aluminium greenhouses.  With many models and finishes to choose from, our displays will help you choose the right greenhouse for you.

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Newbridge Health Warning!!

Growing your own veg can be addictive –

but the exercise is good for you!

 

Even with just a small patio area you can still grow a wide selection of veg using Growbags, troughs and planters.

 

A good start would be tomatoes. You can grow them from seed or if you just want a few it is better to buy plants.

 

My favourite tomato is “Sungold”. This is an orange coloured cherry tomato that is so full of flavour. I normally grow 6 cherry plants: 3 Sungold; 2 red varieties (i.e. Gardeners Delight or Sweet Million) and 1 yellow plant. Salads look and taste fantastic with all of these colours and different flavours.

There is nothing more satisfying that growing veg from seed. You can get going early by starting them in a greenhouse or indoors with various heated/unheated propagators including windowsill versions.

 

Outside the choice of planting out is vast – straight into the ground; raised beds; pots; troughs or planters. There is even a range of raised veg tables so you can garden standing up or seated!

This year we have a new range of seeds “Unwins Gro-Sure”. These varieties have been chosen for their excellent performance. Not only in yield but also disease resistance. Some seed have been coated with a fungicide to aid germination in poor weathers, others have a clay polymer coating to help sowing smaller seeds.

 

Planters

If club root is a problem there are eight resistant varieties in the range: 3 cabbage; 2 cauliflower; 2 brussel sprout and 1 Chinese cabbage.

 

With more people becoming more concsious about organic food, growing your own vegetables has seen huge increases over recent years. Nothing beats the flavour and satisfaction of tasting those early potatoes or picking those first peas. For years, keen gardeners have had allotments which can be a drive away from your home and the demand for these allotments is easily out stripping supply.

 

Grow your own Vegetables

 

The huge increased demand for growing your own vegetables is not from the allotment gardeners, but from the new gardeners that are keen to learn and want to grow them in their own back garden again, a bit like my father did forty years ago.

 

The supermarkets made buying vegetables easy and convenient and so the expertise was lost by the younger generation who now have families and are now keen to provide them again with a fresher more healthy option.

 

The demand for SEED POTATOES, ONION SETS and SHALLOTTS early in the year have grown ten fold with many looking now for GARLIC and ASPARAGUS as they become more adventurous.

 

Grow Your Own VegetablesLETTUCE, BROAD BEANS and CABBAGE plants are available from march as plants with TOMATO plants a must in April if you have a greenhouse or May if you have to plant them outside. Choose a sunny spot for all your vegetables as this will cut down the growing time and that sunshine will make them just that little bit sweeter.

 

The demand for VEGETABLE seeds outstripped flower seeds a couple of years ago as we demanded a greater choice of more unusual varieties. CARROTTS and RADDISHES germinate quickly once the soil warms up.

 

Preparation is all important when sowing vegetables. Apply a good Organic Fertiliser like Blood, Fish and Bone before sowing and preparing a good tilth before using a garden line will give you a nice straight line.


Draw out a shallow trough with the corner of a draw hoe and sow the seed thinly otherwise you will need to thin the seedlings once germinated.

 

Remember if the seedlings are too crowded they will compete for the same piece of good soil and the quality and size will be dramatically effected.

 

Many vegetables like RUNNER and FRENCH BEANS are best sown in a cell tray, or bought as plants which allows them to establish themselves before planting out.

 

F1 CUCUMBERS are only female and are easier to grow because they do not need to be pollinated like the old telegraph varieties. They produce a huge quantity of cucumbers if given enough food as the grow bags will need feeding after a few weeks. The only draw back is that they prefer the shelter of a greenhouse and like it warm to be at their best.

 

RIDGE CUCUMBERS can be planted outside. Easily recognisable by their prickly skin and like CORGETTES and MARROWS are best picked while small to get the best flavour.

 

Look out for pests and diseases, everyone likes to grow organically but this can be harder if the summer weather doesn’t help. There are many organic friendly options on the shelves that will help against greenfly and slugs without harming the natural predators like ladybirds.


Pests are usually harder to control in a greenhouse as this provides the optimum breeding grounds, but planting the old fashioned marigolds amongst your tomatoes and cucumbers can sometimes help.

 

Finding an area in your garden to grow vegetables is not always easy and if not looked after it can easily become untidy and overgrown.


Raised beds using WOODEN SLEEPERS is a good way of incorporating new soil into a well trodden lawn area. Remove the grass first with a spade or spraying with a fast acting weed killer if you prefer, before filling up the area with fresh soil. Try not to use too much organic matter as this will make the vegetables too leafy, but a good loam will add substance to the bed hopefully with very little weed.