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Tag Archives: fruit
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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What to do in April
Ideally, vegetable and fruit growing should be keeping us busy mostly this month but with the cold wintery conditions that we have been experiencing here in the UK, we are so far behind. I wonder whether we will really ever catch … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, What to do this month
Tagged Allotment, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, calabrese, cauliflower, Chilli, compost, fruit, garden, Garlic, Green bean, Harden, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, Plant, plants, potato, potatoes, Seed, seeds, Shallot, shallots, sow, Sowing, turnips, vegetable, winter squash
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Pre packaged fruit and veg
I recently wrote another article about how the supermarkets waste tons and tons of perfectly good fruit and veg simply because their sell by date has expired. The article can be found by clicking the link below if you would … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Press articles
Tagged Bean, Carrot, fruit, Plant, Shelf life, Supermarket, vegetable
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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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Recycle tip #1 – Plant labels
I have decided to add a few hints and tips for recycling when gardening either at the allotment or in your garden or wherever you plant flowers, fruit and veg. Venetian blinds make excellent plant labels. They are wide enough … Continue reading
Bunty’s Blog
Let Bunty guide you through the seasons with her organic guide to growing fruit and veg. Her videos are detailed, descriptive and highly informative. A must for all veg growers alike.
Claire’s Allotment
Back to basics yet descriptive blog for any new allotment grower. Claire will guide you through the basics of fruit and veg growing such as the best way to sow cumumber seeds to saving water by recycling ‘grey’ water at home. An invaluable tool that comes highly recommended.
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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