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12 Months of Vegetable Harvests 2010

Posted on 04. Dec, 2010 by Tracey.

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This year has been a great year for vegetable harvests and until now I haven’t realised how many vegetables I have actually harvested this year, it amounts to one type a month. All my harvested vegetables have been favourites but the best harvest has got to be my savoy cabbage (which I managed to harvest [...]

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Orange Carrots Vs White Carrots

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by Tracey.

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My white carrots are far from being harvested (sowed on 30th July) but I can’t help pulling one up now and again to check on their progress, I’m not sure what I was expecting that they were suddenly going to change to orange or something! But whenever there’s a novelty vegetable, we as human’s and [...]

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Winter Lettuce, Radish, Savoy Cabbage and Kale Update

Posted on 10. Nov, 2010 by Tracey.

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My vegetable plot is looking like a spring garden in November at the moment. There’s a wave of green seedlings all growing well with a few special stunning beauties like my savoy and spring cabbage, which are growing in leaps and bounds. I’m so glad because at least I’ll be eating spring cabbage and peas [...]

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Winter Warmer Recipes using Stored Fruit and Vegetables

Posted on 30. Oct, 2010 by Tracey.

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Now the autumn is rolling in most of our attention will be focused on what yummy warm delights to eat through the winter and how to use up those frozen or newly harvested fruit and vegetables. Here’s a few of my favourite recipes from blogs ans sites I read regularly, I can guarantee it will [...]

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September Vegetable Growing Update – Harvesting Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce

Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Tracey.

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After my relaxing break away in the stunning scenery of the Lake District, I have come back to a vegetable plot which is in disarray and needs some much needed love, care and attention. My french bean plants and the stinging nettles in amongst my carrot rows needed pulling out and my perpetual spinach is [...]

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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

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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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

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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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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