How to Ripen Your Green Tomatoes

How to Ripen Your Green Tomatoes

Posted on 21. Aug, 2010 by Tracey.

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I’ve finally got lots of tomatoes growing on my plants but they are all green. I, like many other growers at this time of the year are desperate to know how do I get them to ripen and how long will it be until they turn red or yellow. Here’s some of the answers to [...]

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Growing Vegetables in Weird Places

Growing Vegetables in Weird Places

Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by Tracey.

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This post was inspired by an article I saw on the web a few months ago about growing vegetables in space. There must be plenty of wacky and unusual places that people grow vegetables so heres a few to get you started. If you know of any weird places to grow veg that I’ve missed, [...]

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I have finally Mastered the Art of Savoy Cabbages

I have finally Mastered the Art of Savoy Cabbages

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Tracey.

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I have been growing cabbages ever since I started growing vegetables in my back garden raised beds, so nearing on four years I would have thought I might have got it sussed by now?! Well my answer is kind of. The first year I had a large amount of cabbages but learn’t that growing them [...]

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Baby Sweet Peppers and Centiflor Tomatoes

Baby Sweet Peppers and Centiflor Tomatoes

Posted on 08. Aug, 2010 by Tracey.

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I haven’t really spoken about my peppers this year as I wasn’t sure about them surviving my mini greenhouse experience (see Growing Tomatoes – Is It Really Worth the Effort?). I don’t know why as its been hotter than the Mediterranean this year but they have surpassed my expectations. It is the first time I [...]

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Share Your Own Veg with the Lourish.com Community

Share Your Own Veg with the Lourish.com Community

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Tracey.

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Are you harvesting more runner beans that is humanly possible to eat and freeze? Are you over-run with tomatoes? Have you made enough tomato sauce to feed a small army and run out of ideas to use your excess? Then this fab new website, launched today called Lourish is for you! Lourish.com aims to help [...]

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More July Harvests of Beetroot, Spinach, Cabbage & Spring Onions

More July Harvests of Beetroot, Spinach, Cabbage & Spring Onions

Posted on 31. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.

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The harvests just keep on coming, beetroot, perpetual spinach, carrots, summer cabbage leaves and spring onions are now ready for harvesting. Spring Onions Variety Growing: Purplette Spring Onions are quite an underrated vegetable as they do take a fair amount of time to grow. Mine are still quite small however I was really pining for [...]

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A July Day in the Life of My Vegetable Plot

A July Day in the Life of My Vegetable Plot

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.

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In vegetable growing, a lot changes in a month so I thought I’d show you a snapshot of what is happening right now in mid summer on my plot, what pests and diseases I’m suffering from, what is being harvested or sowed, what I’m looking forward to and what I’m doing next. Plot 1 Currently [...]

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My First Vegetable Seed Save with Mange Tout

My First Vegetable Seed Save with Mange Tout

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.

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I’ve only ever tried seed saving once before with my runner bean seeds and to my horror they became a mouldy mess in the bottom of a brown paper bag. Urgh! This time I thought I’d try again with the Mange Tout ‘Golden Sweet’ plants which have now dried out in the sun and some [...]

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Bright Orange Carrots and Heritage Bean Harvest

Bright Orange Carrots and Heritage Bean Harvest

Posted on 25. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.

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Here is my modest Carrot and French Bean harvest, not as sizeable as last years summer harvest but the carrots have definitely performed better this year with still loads more in the ground ready to harvest. Carrots Varieties Grown: Heritage ‘Beta III’ and ‘Scarlet Horn’. See Post: Sowing carrots and other Veg in April Carrots [...]

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