How it started

I've had the idea for some time. The idea of turning part of the garden into a vegetable plot.

My family home had over an acre of vegetable garden so looking after that with my grandfather meant I learnt quite a lot about how to prepare the soil and grow my own vegetables. Even after I married and left home I grew my own veg for many years. Nothing quite like the taste of vegetables you have grown yourself . . . freshly picked broad beans, some just dug new potatoes and plenty of bacon, with butter melting over the top! Mmmmm! Makes you hungry just thinking about it.

All this self sufficiency came to an end back in 1984 when I moved to work in London. The high powered life and the long working hours meant there was no time for gardening. Now twenty-three years later I have finally come full circle and decided to try growing my own again.

Growing my own veg seemed sort of appropriate as I run one of the leading cooking and recipe sites (www.hub-uk.com). Growing my own veg goes with the concept of eating good food.

And why the Blog? Well gardening is not something I want to feature on Hub-UK but I thought it would be fun to see how I get on clearing a bit of garden that has been neglected over the years. By keeping a record, by means of a Blog, I get to show what I am up to and to hopefully pick up some tips and hints along the way.

My idea is to keep the Blog as a diary of my vegetable plot and post whenever I do something, or possibly even when I fail to do something just because I feel plain lazy. I think this year will be taken up with preparing it for planting next year and when you see the photograph of what it was like you might understand why.