Growing Organic Vegetables

This website's objective is to show how nutrient dense, healthy, organic vegetables are grown sustainably in my garden. All the vegetables I grow are described including how seeds are propagated and plants grown. Pest control, crop harvesting and food preservation are described where relevant. My methods are no-dig using homemade compost as a top dressing to maintain soil health and an ideal environment in which to grow vegetables...........................John Ashworth. 29th April 2019.

31 August 2016

August 2016.

This space contained 3 mini cabbages and 2 Romanesco broccoli. When I harvested them I cut each plant down to the ground, and left the roots to rot so the soil structure remained undisturbed.

Debris and old mulch were removed to expose the soil and a 60mm layer of compost was spread over the bed. To keep this layer moist and the soil microbes active, I covered the compost with a fresh layer of organic sugar cane mulch (seen here only half complete). In a couple of weeks time I will be planting more mini cabbages and Red Iceberg lettuce.

Growing Organic Vegetables