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Grow Your Own Jacket Potatoes

Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by Tracey.

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We eat a lot of crispy salt and olive oil encrusted Jacket potatoes in our house so I thought I’d try growing my own jacket potatoes this year in the vegetable garden. I’m building a new raised bed to put them in which is going to be deeper than 12 inches to accomodate the larger [...]

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Full Time Worker? How to Grow Veg at the Weekends

Posted on 05. Feb, 2011 by Tracey.

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I’m a firm believer that whatever your lifestyle and working times, anyone can find time to grow vegetables. The main excuse I hear is ‘I haven’t got enough time’. So how much time does it really take to grow your own vegetables? Personally I would say as much as you want it to take up. [...]

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Grow Your Own Potatoes – First Earlies or Salad Potatoes

Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Tracey.

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January is the month to choose your varieties of potatoes and then order them by Mid February to ensure that you have enough time to place them into chitting for 4 to 6 weeks before planting out in Mid March onwards. Its also the time to start saving those egg boxes for chitting your potatoes [...]

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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in January

Posted on 08. Jan, 2011 by Tracey.

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January is the month where we are itching to start the new year off with some new seed sowings. However it is usually very cold and wet outdoors and not the type of conditions for seed sowing or germinating. Therefore all sowings need to be protected under cover in a mini or standard sized greenhouse [...]

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My Vegetable Awards 2010

Posted on 31. Dec, 2010 by Tracey.

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Wishing you all a very happy new year and all the best for growing your own veg in 2011. If you are currently planning for the new year, try reading this hilarious take on a gardeners year by Happy Mouffetard writing for The Inelegant Gardener blog. Its truly brilliant. And without further ado I present [...]

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Mulching Your Vegetable Plot in Winter

Posted on 20. Nov, 2010 by Tracey.

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What is Mulching? A Mulch is a blanket material which is spread over the top of the soil to provide protection and insulation over the winter months. It acts as a weed suppressant and keeps an even soil temperature preventing your plant roots from freezing. In the winter, soil will expand and contract with the [...]

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Tips for Growing Peas Overwinter (Sept to June)

Posted on 13. Nov, 2010 by Tracey.

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Thanks to Mark from the Small Holders Diary for his comment posted on my blog post ‘Sowing Smooth Round Peas in October for a Spring Harvest’ asking what are the results like of sowing overwintering Peas? I have grown peas overwinter before, two years ago I sowed Douce Provence and harvested a small crop in [...]

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Things To Do Before Winter on Your Vegetable Plot

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by Tracey.

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Autumn is the time for misty mornings, rusty coloured leaves, orange, brown and red hues, nights drawing in, colder temperatures and frost. As vegetable gardeners there a few jobs that we need to do, to give our plot the protection it deserves over winter and provide us with lots of lovely vegetables next year. 1. [...]

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Sow Smooth Round Peas in October for a Spring Harvest

Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by Tracey.

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For the past 3 years I have without fail sowed my broad bean seeds and my overwintering peas have always been an after thought, second best if you like. So its time this year to give them pride of place in my vegetable plots by going overboard and sowing them in every plot. Broad beans [...]

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Try Growing Oriental Vegetables like Pak Choi for Winter

Posted on 18. Sep, 2010 by Tracey.

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Oriental and chinese vegetables have been gaining popularity over the years due to their unique flavours, textures and ability to be sown in autumn for a quick winter vegetable harvest. More and more varieties of Pak Choi, chinese lettuce and mustard leaves are available from most online seed suppliers (listed below). A Quick Introduction to [...]

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