Veg gardener
A weekly letter on what to sow and what to do in the vegetable garden
I’m Emrys. Every Sunday I write down what to sow and what to do in the veg garden this week, and I sell planners, guides and two video courses.
Contents
New
Garlic and Broad Beans Before the Frost6 minThe last good week to get both in, and what I do when the ground is too wet to dig.- The Sunday SowingFreeOne letter every Sunday: what to sow, what to harvest and what can wait.
To learn
Start a Vegetable Garden from Scratch$49Plan, build and sow your first raised beds, from bare grass to the first harvest.- Year-Round Sowing Calendar$8What to sow, plant and harvest in each month, set for a wet, windy hillside.
- Raised Bed Planting Plans$12Four bed layouts with a rotation that runs over four years.
- Seed Packet Label Sheets$5Sheets to print and cut for seed packets, jars and tray markers.
To keep
Beet tee$28A soft cotton tee, printed to order.- About EmrysI grow vegetables in four raised beds and a polytunnel on a hillside in west Wales, where it is wet more days than it is not. I am in my seventies and I have kept a garden diary since I was thirty.
Newsletter
Latest letters
JobsClearing the Bean Bed and What to Leave in the Soil
Cut the stems, keep the roots, and why the bed is better for it in spring.
SowingWinter Salads Under the Polytunnel
Three lettuces, rocket and mizuna sown now for cutting before Christmas.
HarvestThe Last Beetroot, Leeks and Potatoes Out
What I lift this week, what stays in the ground and what goes in the crate.
SowingPricking Out Winter Lettuce Seedlings
Holding the leaf, never the stem, and how deep to set each one in the tray.
JobsWet Boots and a Tidy Porch: October Jobs
The short list I do on a drizzly Sunday before the light goes.
JobsDrawing Next Year’s Beds on the Kitchen Table
Tea, a pencil and a rotation plan that fits four raised beds and a tunnel.
About me
I grow vegetables in four raised beds and a polytunnel on a hillside in west Wales, where it is wet more days than it is not. I am in my seventies and I have kept a garden diary since I was thirty.
The letters are short and come on a Sunday, because that is when I plan the week. Each one says what to sow, what to harvest and what to leave alone, and where I got it wrong this year. If a job can wait until spring, I say so.
