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Raised Bed Plan 1 – The Lettuce, Veg & Herb Patchwork Garden

Posted on 22. May, 2012 by Tracey.

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Since my last blog post Sow Your Own Lettuce Patchwork Garden, I have been cultivating the idea for my patchwork raised garden bed in my head and adding bits to it as each rainy weekend passed. I couldn’t believe my luck last weekend when the sunshine finally arrived, the plan went onto the computer and [...]

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How To Collect Rainwater For Your Vegetable Garden

Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 by Tracey.

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For the past week, I have been holidaying in the Yorkshire Dales which was recommended to me through twitter on more than one occassion and has been broadcast on the successful ITV programe The Dales already in its second series. In the dales, the saying goes if it isn’t raining now it soon will be, [...]

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My Veg Plot Plan – Back To Basics

Posted on 26. Mar, 2011 by Tracey.

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I toyed with the idea of not having a plan this year and just sowing what and where I felt like, however I am the type of person who likes to keep track of things so I was not being realistic with myself. Therefore I’m compromising with a back to basics plan with no fancy [...]

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Planning Your Veg Garden Part 7 – Growing Winter Vegetables

Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Tracey.

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Hopefully since the last Part 6 – Putting Your Plan into Action, you’ve reaped the rewards from your growing vegetables by having a few good harvests and more to come before the end of the Summer. In the months of July and August in the UK, you will now now need to be thinking about [...]

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Planning Your Veg Garden Part 6 – Putting Your Plan into Action

Posted on 10. Apr, 2010 by Tracey.

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So you’ve made your plan look pretty and colourful (I know I have! – See Part 5 – My Vegetable Plan & Seed List), now is the time to take this image to your plot and conjure up some growing magic in your vegetable garden this year. Months To Start Seed Sowing The best time [...]

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Planning Your Veg Garden – Part 5 My Vegetable Plan & Seed List

Posted on 20. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.

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If you have missed any previous Parts of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series, please start here: Part 1 – Grouping Vegetables Types or find all Parts of the Series plus free downloads on my Free Resources page. Part 5 – My Vegetable Plan and Seed List includes a bumper 4 Free Downloads! these will [...]

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Planning your Vegetable Garden Part 4 – Choosing Your Seeds

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

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Please view Parts 1, 2 3a and 3b in my series for more information on Planning your Vegetable Garden. In Part 3a and b you created your vegetable plot plan on paper or online and now you’ll need to choose what varieties of vegetables you would like to grow and buy for sowing. 1. Choose [...]

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Planning Your Vegetable Garden Part 3b – Creating a Plan Online

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

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There is a variety of online software and tools for budding vegetable growers to create their own plot plans on the internet. I have explored the free and paid options available to vegetable gardeners and in this Part of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden I am reviewing the best way (in my opinion) to plan, [...]

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Planning Your Vegetable Garden Part 3a – Drawing a Plan

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

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Welcome to Part 3a of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series. At the end of this part you will be able to sketch or draw out a vegetable garden plan from scratch or around whats already growing in your vegetable plot. If you’ve missed Parts 1 and 2, please visit the Plan your Vegetable Garden [...]

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Planning your Vegetable Garden Part 2 – What Can I Grow?

Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.

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If you missed the first Part of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series, please read it here: Grouping Vegetable Types and Crop Rotation or download a free PDF version with extra pages on my new Free Resources Page. What can you grow? well any vegetable that you want to really. However as always there are [...]

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