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Sowing Carrots, Beetroot, Cabbage, Chard, Spinach in April

Posted on 17. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.

This weekend is the sunniest we’ve had in ages so I took my chance to start sowing my vegetable seeds. As the winter has felt like its been here forever I feel like I’m sowing my seeds late but checking on last years record, I’ve found I’m actually sowing in early April whereas last year [...]

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Planning Your Veg Garden Part 6 – Putting Your Plan into Action

Posted on 10. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.

So you’ve made your plan look pretty and colourful (I know I have! – See Part 5 – My Vegetable Plan & Seed List), now is the time to take this image to your plot and conjure up some growing magic in your vegetable garden this year.
Months To Start Seed Sowing
The best time of [...]

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Introducing the Inside Out Strawberry – The Pineberry

Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

Introducing the Pineberry which looks like an albino version of a strawberry but with red seeds. If that isn’t confusing enough it actually tastes of pineapple!
Pineberries are on sale in 45 Waitrose stores around the country for the next five weeks whilst they are in season. They originate from South America although now are growing [...]

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Planning Your Veg Garden – Part 5 My Vegetable Plan & Seed List

Posted on 20. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

If you have missed any previous Parts of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series, please start here: Part 1 – Grouping Vegetables Types or find all Parts of the Series plus free downloads on my Free Resources page.
Part 5 – My Vegetable Plan and Seed List includes a bumper 4 Free Downloads! these will inspire, [...]

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How to Fix Your Potato Chitting Problems

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

Anyone who’s grown potatoes from tubers will have experienced one or more of these chitting disasters. However most potato chitting problems can be solved so never fear you will still get a good crop of potatoes in the end!
What is Chitting?
Chitting (or pre-sprouting in America) is a way of forcing the potato tuber to [...]

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Frost Bitten Broad Beans – Symptoms and Solutions

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

Frost is one the things that gardeners always have to look out for when growing tender plants during the winter and early spring months.
Unfortunately even though my broad beans had a cloche over them, the outer rows have succumbed to the effects of frost. Please see my February Growing Update for more about my [...]

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I’ve Guest Posted on Garden Trading.co.uk – Jobs To Do in the Garden in Spring

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

Just a quick post to let you know I was invited to write a guest post over at Garden Trading’s blog and I accepted because I love their website and their products particularly the Wooden 3 Tier Herb Pot Stand which I’ve had my eye on for a while now!
Garden Trading are a high [...]

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February Vegetable Growing Update – Carrot & Leek Harvests

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

February was one of the coldest months on record with snow, ice and countless frosts but somehow my vegetables have made it through the freezing cold weather for a little harvest, my first of the year! Although some of my vegetables have not been so fortunate.
Harvests – 1st March

Half of my Leeks (Varieties – Bandit [...]

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Vegetable Seeds to Sow Indoors in February & March

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

If its too cold and wet for sowing your vegetable seeds outdoors, then why not start some vegetable seeds off on the windowsill in the comfort of your own home?
What do you need to Start Seeds off Indoors?

A Propagator with lid that fits on your windowsill,
A small bag of compost or seed compost,
One or [...]

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St Davids Day Leeks Harvest

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

In celebration of St Davids Day, the patron Saint of Wales, I have harvested some of my leeks today, my varieties were Pandora and Bandit.
Leeks, apart from being a part of the onion and garlic family are one of the national emblems of wales. It is said that Leeks were used to identify soldiers in [...]

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