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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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Vegetable, Fruit and Snail Desktop Wallpapers

Posted on 06. Nov, 2010 by Tracey.

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As winter draws ever closer, we tend to want to stay indoors, but there’s still a way of bringing the outdoor vegetable plot inside by brightening up your computer desktop. The following desktop wallpapers will remind you of the vegetable plot, fruit harvests and pests that you’ve encountered this year. Check out the following bright, [...]

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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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Sainsbury’s Passion for Purple Potatoes

Posted on 06. Oct, 2010 by Tracey.

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Sainsbury’s have turned on the purple passion this month by introducing a potato which has purple flesh called purple majesty. This will join their other range of purple vegetables which over the years include carrots, tomatoes and cauliflower. These potatoes will keep their colour when cooked providing a vivid blue violet mash, boiled or roast [...]

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Winter Vegetable Seeds Giveaway – Winners

Posted on 26. Sep, 2010 by Tracey.

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Thanks for your response to the free seed giveaway. If you were unlucky enough to miss this one, there will be more free seeds giveaways just in time for Christmas. If you are a winner, you would have received a message through Lourish.com asking you to send me your address, so I can post out [...]

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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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Growing Vegetables in Weird Places

Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by Tracey.

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This post was inspired by an article I saw on the web a few months ago about growing vegetables in space. There must be plenty of wacky and unusual places that people grow vegetables so heres a few to get you started. If you know of any weird places to grow veg that I’ve missed, [...]

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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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