Archive for 'Grow Veg'
Stuck on what to Grow for Winter? Try a Vegetable Seed Collection
Posted on 07. Aug, 2011 by Tracey.
If it’s your first year thinking about whether or not to sow any seeds for the autumn/winter, you’ll probably be stuck for where to start and if it’s your second or more years growing winter veg, you may have run out of ideas for what to sow. So why not make it easy on yourself [...]
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Mind the Gap – Keep Your Sowings Going
Posted on 25. Jul, 2011 by Tracey.
At anytime of the year, but especially late summer, a few gaps start to appear in your vegetable plot. These gaps could appear for a number of reasons like: Vegetables have been havested, Sowings haven’t all germinated properly, Seedlings haven’t survived, Lost plants due to pests and diseases, Thinned spaces not grown into. These gaps [...]
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Top Tips on How To Grow Better French Beans
Posted on 20. Jul, 2011 by Tracey.
Here are my lovely French Beans breaking the surface of the soil back in April, in my post Sowing Multi-Coloured Beans in Containers and by jove look at them now, a right royal purple and tiny yellow rabble of french beans and very curly at that. This has been my first container growing project since [...]
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How to Deal with Extreme Weather on your Vegetable Plot
Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 by Tracey.
This year has been unprecedented for weather extremes around the world. According to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and Scientific American Magazine, 2011 is officially among the most extreme weather years in history with 8 extreme weather related events in the first half of this year. In the UK, we have had the [...]
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Growing KohlRabi – Monster of all Vegetables
Posted on 03. Jul, 2011 by Tracey.
When I first saw Kohlrabi, I thought it looked like an alien vegetable that had invaded my vegetable plot. I found it hard to like its spiky sprouting leaves which stood sharply upright out of the spaceship bulb and it reminded me of an upside down tripod from War of the Worlds. So to me [...]
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Vegetable Seeds to Sow Now for Autumn Harvests
Posted on 23. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
Time goes by so fast in the height of the vegetable growing season and I always get caught up in summer BBQ’s, festivals, relaxing in the sunshine and usually I completely forget about what to sow for an autumn harvest until its too late. By too late I mean I miss Autumn completely and sow [...]
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Top Up Your Salad Bowl Sowings for Late Summer Harvests
Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
My lettuce has been crazy this year, growing very fast and swamping my plot however its now on the way out bolting due to the heat so its the ideal time to top up my sowings to ensure I have more lettuce, radish and oriental leaves to see my salad bowl through to late summer. [...]
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Unusual Gem – Dark Purple Podded Mange Tout
Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
They say gardeners love growing peas and its true – I love growing Mange Tout (also known as sugar snap and snow pea). I’ve been growing a different variety every year for the past 4 years and I think I’ve found the jewel in the crown this year. This unusual gem of a variety has [...]
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Vegetable Seeds To Sow in April
Posted on 02. Apr, 2011 by Tracey.
April is the best month to start your vegetable sowings although there is still frost about so protect your tender vegetables under a cloche or horticulture fleece. The soil will have also warmed up enough to sow your seeds direct into the ground. Broccoli There are a few different types of broccoli that relate the [...]
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Vegetables Go Hi-Tech – Vegetable Gardening iPad Apps
Posted on 05. Mar, 2011 by Tracey.
Over christmas I decided to treat myself to an iPad and as the other half says ‘its been surgically attached to me ever since’. As an avid fan of the Apple Mac and not being able to justify buying an iphone as I only use £10 of credit every 6 months, I had been wanting [...]
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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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