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Growing Tomato, Pepper, Radish, Onion, Lettuce on a Windowsill

Posted on 18. Mar, 2012 by Tracey.

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Over the past few months I’ve been trialling out vegetable seeds in coir pots and trays which form part of my brand new Windowsill Vegetable Grow Kit. (which is now available in my UK shop www.igrowvegshop.co.uk I’ve always wanted to say that and now finally I can). Windowsill seed sowing for me is an essential [...]

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Sow Your Vegetable Seeds: Trays, Cells, Pots Explained

Posted on 18. Feb, 2012 by Tracey.

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The choice of pots, trays and cells on the market is huge and sometimes confusing for anyone to know what to buy to start sowing vegetables seeds. Here I explain the advantages and disadvantages between each of the containers and offer some alternatives and shortcuts for those who wish to get sowing quickly. Seed Trays [...]

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Sow Your Vegetable Seeds – Shapes and Types

Posted on 04. Feb, 2012 by Tracey.

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In this series of posts called Sow Your Vegetable Seeds, I’m going to be exploring the individual seeds and how they germinate, different methods of sowing seeds, sowing mediums and sowing issues to overcome. First up is the humble seed. What is a Seed? A seed contains an embryo which will grow to form the [...]

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Edible Encounters of a Vegetable Kind

Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Tracey.

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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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iGrowVeg featured on Clear Creek Seeds

Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Tracey.

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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.

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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 2011

Posted on 01. Jan, 2012 by Tracey.

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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 Broad Beans

Posted on 27. Dec, 2011 by Tracey.

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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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Veg Growers & Gardeners on Twitter Part 1

Posted on 20. Dec, 2011 by Tracey.

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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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Last Minute Christmas Presents for Veg Growers

Posted on 16. Dec, 2011 by Tracey.

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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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