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Spot light on……Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of the easiest, tastiest and most versatile vegetables to grow. The can be grown indoors or outdoors; in pots on the windowsill, on the patio in grow bags or hanging baskets off the shed. They can be … Continue reading
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Tagged alicante, Allotment, beefsteak, blight, blossom end rot, bush, cherry tomato, container plants, cordon, determinate, ethylene gas, fruit, garden pearl, gardeners delight, indeterminate, marmande, moneymaker, plum tomato, ripe banana, ripening tomatoes, roma, San Marzano, shirley, side shoots, Solanaceae, stem rot, tigerella, tomato, tumbling tom
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Spot light on……Parsnips
Parsnips are a member of the cow parsley family that include carrots, dill, parsley and fennel and they are one of my favourite root vegetables of all. They come a very close second, in my opinion to carrots. Roasted parsnips with a … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment-diary, canker, carrot root fly, carrots, cow parsley family, exhibition parsnips, febbel, Germination, growing season, parsley, Parsnip, parsnips, peter glazebrook, plastic pipe, prechitting, prize winning vegetable, radicle, Seed, sow, tap root, winter vegetable
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Thyme is precious
My blogs are normally focused around my fruit and veg growing escapades but it’s not very often that I mention herbs. Fresh herbs from your own garden have a taste that is like no other. They are so easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged common thyme, cuttings, garden, Herb, herb plant, herb plants, herbs, lemon thyme, mediterranean plants, Plant, Plant propagation, Thyme, Thymus vulgaris
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Spot light on ……Cabbages
World cabbage day is celebrated today, 17th February and in the words of another who is also intrigued by this day “it is a day when the pleasure and simplicity of the cabbage is celebrated”. So in celebration of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Brassica, cabbage, Fruit and Vegetable, Greens, Spring greens, vegetable, World cabbage day
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Spot light on ……Pumpkins and Squash
Winter squash come in a vast array of sizes, shapes and colours and are relatively easy to grow. They are a member of the curcurbit family that includes cucumber, melon, marrow and courgettes. There a predominately two types of plants – bushes and trailing; both … Continue reading
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Tagged Allotment, atlantic giant, BBC, butternut, butternut squash, compost, Courgette, crown prince, cucumber, curcurbit, fruit, garden, Gardeners world, hard frost, manure, melon, Monty Don, mulch, onion fly, onion squash, plants, powdery mildew, protection, Pumpkin, seeds, spring, squash vine borer, table queen acorn, vegetable, vertical growing, winter squash
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Spot light on……Onions
Onions are a staple ingredient in most peoples cooking and are one of the easiest vegetables to grow. Many allotment plots include rows of onions as part of the course. Now is the time of year to think about planting … Continue reading
Spot light on ….. Potatoes
Potatoes are a member of the solanaceae family, shared also with tomatoes and aubergines. They vary widely in variety, texture and size and are easily grown in the ground or suitable sized container on your patio. We all have our … Continue reading
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Tagged blight, chitting, containers, first early, main crop potatoes, potato recipes, potatoes, sacks, seed potatoes, tubers
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Spot light on…….Garlic
There are 2 types of garlic that you can grow – hardneck garlic and softneck garlic. Softneck garlic are better for storing and their flexible stalks allow you to create the classic plaited garlic braids. Softneck garlic produce numerous cloves … Continue reading
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Tagged bulbs, chesnok wight, cloves, early purple wight, Garlic, hard neck, plaits, Provence wight, soft neck, Solent wight
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