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!
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Here’s a bit of fun to celebrate valentines day, vegetable gardener style. Below is my cupid list to ignite your passion of growing, see if any of the following vegetable contenders make it onto your short list for the new season!
1. Scarlet Horn – Carrot
If you like small packages, this is the one for you! [...]
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Birds? Characters in the brilliant film Avatar? Nope and Nope, they are all varieties of Potatoes!
This weekend is big news for the humble Potato, a versatile vegetable which can be boiled, mashed, roasted or wedged. With over 100 varieties to choose from at the National Potato Day at Garden Organic Ryton, its a good job [...]
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iGrowVeg has been Nominated at the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
Just a quick message, I’m smiling from ear to ear knowing I’ve made the cut for the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards!
Every person who votes will be entered into Dorset Cereals free prize draw to win a case of Dorset Cereals, yum!
iGrowVeg has been Nominated – Vote for Me Here!
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Yesterday I went Blackberry picking for the first time ever and sacrificed myself to the brambles. Its amazing to think that there are hundreds and thousands of blackberry brambles on wasteland and only by word of mouth or local knowledge that they are ever found and picked. Its like a secret cult that you have [...]
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A carnivorous pitcher plant reminiscent of the little shop of horrors has been discovered by botanists in the Philippines. The giant plant trap can catch insects and small rodents in its pitcher shaped sack. The slippery slides prevent the prey from escaping and the acidic digestive juices breakdown the rats flesh leaving only the bones. [...]
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Gardening is good for mind, body and soul.
In a survey by the National Trust 70% of 1000 people think that gardening is an important part of their lives. The National Trust has a Veg on a Ledge scheme which means everyone even in flats has the opportunity to grow vegetables on their window ledges or [...]
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Vertical Vegetable Growing is not a new idea but growing vegetables inside a giant dragonfly wing shaped skyscraper is a whole new concept.
Vincent Callebaut, a Belgian architect has designed a futuristic view of how human living, working and farming could be amalgamated into a 600m tall greenhouse style building called the Dragonfly.
The elaborate [...]
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James May puts his creativity in gear with Chelsea Plasticine Vegetable Garden
Posted on 19. May, 2009 by Tracey.
It was bound to cause some controversy at the prestigious 87th RHS Chelsea Flower Show that of a garden entry with no ‘real’ flowers or vegetables and its designer, ‘Captain Slow’ of Top Gear fame, by his own admission has no affinity to gardening and has only ever ‘dug holes’ in his garden. [...]
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Scotch Bonnets, Habaneros, Anaheim and the world’s hottest chilli’s Dorset Naga and Bhut Jolokia (which has to be eaten wearing gloves and goggles) are certainly enough to get most people hot under the collar.
There are 40 different chilli plant varieties being grown under glass at a bedfordshire nursery where visitors can in a months [...]
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