by JasonJohns | Growing Guides, Growing Vegetables, Plant Diseases, Vegetable Growing Guides
Tomato blight, or late blight diseases (Phytophthora infestans), is a major issue for growers across the world. It can destroy crops and by the time it has infected your plants, it is too late for you to grow any more and your entire harvest is lost. Worse, late... 
by JasonJohns | Featured, Gardening, Growing Vegetables, Healthy Living
We all grow broad beans, or fava beans as our American cousins refer to them as. They are a popular crop across the world and many gardeners, myself included, grow them because they are a good space filler, can be planted in autumn to crop the following year and are a... 
by JasonJohns | Growing Vegetables, Main Courses
When growing pumpkins you often end up with a glut of them at which point you are left wondering what on earth you are going to do with all those pumpkins. Of course, you can carve some for Halloween, but there will invariably be some left over, plus what do you do... by JasonJohns | Growing Tomatoes, Growing Vegetables
Tomatoes are probably the most popular vegetable plant (though really it’s a fruit) grown at home. Many people try to grow these every year to various degrees of success. But what do you really need in order to successfully grow tomatoes? Here are six tips that... 
by JasonJohns | Gardening, Growing Tomatoes, Growing Vegetables
When tomato seeds are sown too early, they will often become tall and spindly, or ‘leggy’ as we refer to them. This is where they reach up to the sky to try and get light. As soon as the weather starts to improve, many of us become very keen and sow seeds... 
by JasonJohns | Allotment Jobs, Gardening, Growing Vegetables
January is traditionally a quiet month down at the allotment, but then that is usually down to the fact the weather is cold and wet. However, for those who are either willing to brave the elements or lucky enough to get decent weather there is still plenty of work to...
