August Vegetable Plot Review – Whats Bean Happening?
Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
I always find that my vegetable plots look a bit bare by the end of August, lots of vegetables having been harvested (a big crop of carrots, dwarf french beans and maincrop potatoes) with only my leeks, more carrots and runner beans left. I delayed sowing my seeds from the Real Seed Catalogue as I [...]
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iGrowVeg My Vegetable Plot Summary
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
Here’s my summary of posts for all the news, sowing and harvesting from my Vegetable Plot and Mini Greenhouse since May. Vegetable Plot
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iGrowVeg Pest and Diseases Summary
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
As I’m taking a break this week, I though I’d reminisce and post a summary of all my Pests and Diseases posts. My posts contain lots of information with regards to symptoms, treatment and prevention tips, all with closeup photographs of the pest or disease wherever possible. If your vegetables are suffering from a pest [...]
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iGrowVeg How to Grow Vegetables Summary
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
I’m off my my hols this week so I’m doing summaries of all my posts so they are easy to find or bookmark for future reference. These are the highlights of How To Grow Vegetables. How to Start Growing Vegetables How To Build your own Raised Vegetable Bed How to Build a Geoff Hamilton Giant [...]
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And the Best Vegetable Performance Award goes to …. My Carrots
Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
This doesn’t mean my carrots can do acrobatics or amateur dramatics. It means they have been the best vegetable that has been harvested in my plot so far this year. I am judging my carrots on quantity, quality, taste and lack of pests. In all four of the criteria they have performed outstandingly. I sowed [...]
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Killer Pitcher Plant Devours Rodents
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
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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Its never too late in the year to start growing your own vegetables
Posted on 16. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
Dear Tracey, I have only just built some raised beds to grow some vegetables in, am I too late in the year to start growing now? The answer is no, its never too late to start growing your own vegetables. Each month there is always something new to sow or plant. Here’s some tips if [...]
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Quick Veg News & Tomato Blog Links
Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
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 [...]
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Tomato and Potato Blight Disease
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
With the warm and wet weather we have been having over the past few weeks, the conditions are ideal for the deadly disease called Blight to spread through Tomato and Potato crops. A fungus called Phytophthora infestans creates spores which become air-borne via the wind and rain. These spores can land on tomato or potato [...]
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Tomatoes – Are Yours Red Yet?
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.
So you’ve sown the tomato seeds back in February, March or April, nurtured your little seedlings through the potting on process, rescued them from black/green/white fly and killed slugs from miles around, remembered to water the pots (most of the time), rejoiced once the flowers had arrived, not long now you say! The fruit takes [...]
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I'm Tracey Bacon from Essex, UK, author of iGrowVeg.com
I'm an avid vegetable grower, writer and tweeter. I aim to show that anyone can grow their own vegetables at home on a windowsill, in pots or raised beds.
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