Last year The Edible Garden Show burst onto the garden show circuit to become the one and only dedicated “Grow Your Own” show in the UK. Fresh from its recent award win ‘Most Popular Gardening Event of the Year’ from the Horticultural Channel Awards and the 11,000 visitors from last years show, The Edible Garden [...]
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Thanks to Clear Creek Seeds for presenting iGrowVeg as their first Featured Site, this will be a monthly event featuring a wide range of growing and gardening sites which will definately be worth a look. About Clear Creek Seeds Clear Creek Seeds is an online website selling a variety of different vegetable seeds in the [...]
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I’ve got the vegetable growing itch and I’m not afraid to scratch it
Posted on 14. Jan, 2012 by Tracey.
If you are not growing anything at the moment, your vegetable growing itch might be stronger than those people who have grown winter vegetables. Although that’s not entirely true, as the hardcore vegetable growers amongst us (myself included) cannot simply switch off for a month or two in December and January without looking at a [...]
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My Vegetable Awards last year proved to be quite popular so this year I’ve reviewed my vegetables grown this year and added a few new categories. Wishing you all a very happy new year and all the best for growing your own veg in 2011. And without further ado I present My Vegetable Awards 2011: [...]
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Bank holiday is a good time to get out and about and check on my back garden veggies. So far I’m sticking to my winter watering tip of “no watering in winter, let the weather do it for you” as I haven’t watered my winter seedlings since they were sowed at the end of October. [...]
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What is Twitter? you may ask.. Well its a social networking site or in english – a place where people can share a brief chat, a news story, tips, advice or other topics of interest. I love Twitter (Follow me @igrowveg) because its so simple to pick up the ipad/laptop/phone and log onto twitter or [...]
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Have you got all your christmas presents yet? Here’s a few last minute quirky Vegetable Grower Gifts for 2011 which will help you find a present for the gardener who has everything. Please note the majority of last delivery dates are 20th – 22nd December, but please check on the individual shop websites for more [...]
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Northern Britain has had the first taste of icy blasts and snow storms this year and the south so far has got off scott free but I’m sure we will get some snow sooner rather than later. Last nights temperatures went down to zero degrees in the south but if you think thats cold, spare [...]
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Finally after four years of continuous writing about growing my own vegetables, I’ve treated my blog to a brand new colourful logo expertly designed by Tia at Who Ate My Crayons or on Twitter: @whoatemycraysons I absolutely love the design of my new logo which can be found at the top of my blog and [...]
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I’ve been on a mission to grow vegetables for the past four years now however I’ve let the kitchen side down as I’ve not explored cooking with my vegetables as often as I’d liked. When I have cooked with my harvests, it hasn’t been very adventurous, usually I’ll just boil the green beans from the [...]
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I'm Tracey Bacon from Essex, UK, author of iGrowVeg.com
I'm an avid vegetable grower, writer and tweeter. I aim to show that anyone can grow their own vegetables at home on a windowsill, in pots or raised beds.
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