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Tag Archives: container plants
Spuds galore in10″ pots …..update
A very quick visual update of how my potatoes in 10″ pots are doing. They seem to be thriving in the garden; not surprisingly with all of the rain that we have experienced lately but I’m well impressed with the … Continue reading
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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Why so many loo rolls?
Some of my friends and family have been asking what on earth I do with all of the toilet cardboard rolls that they have been collecting for me over the last few weeks. I thought I would just show you … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment
Tagged Allotment, beans, biodegradable, container plants, French beans, Home and Garden, onion sets, peas, runner beans, Sowing, Sweet corn, vegetable
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Fighting for space!
There‘s a new seed sowing phenomenon gracing our gardening stores in the form of seed tape and seed discs or mats. Now I know that these are not completely new ideas as seedtape has been available for a while now, but … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Seeds
Tagged Allotment, container plants, garden, Germination, hanging baskets, Plant, plant spacing, plants, Seed, sow, Sowing, thinning plants, transplanting, Transplants, vegetable
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Resisting temptation in favour of recycling!
After ordering a few plants or seeds a while ago from a few online fruit and veg merchants, I have been inundated with their glossy gardening catalogues ever since. At first I was quite excited to receive these in the post (sad heh!), … Continue reading
Posted in recycle
Tagged biodegradable, compost, container plants, garden, garden catalogues, glossy catalogues, greenhouse, Home and Garden, manure, Plastic, Recycle, Recycling, Root trainer, vegetable
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The journey begins…….
Hi Guys, Well here I am writing the first of (hopefully) many blogs relating to my passion for growing fruit and veg. My initial thanks firstly should go to You Tube for allowing me to gain so much advice, hints, … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment
Tagged Allotment, container plants, fruit, growing, veg, vegetables, vertical growing
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