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Batch Vegetable Recipe Trial from my Shallot Harvest

Posted on 25. Nov, 2011 by Tracey.

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I’ve been on a mission to grow vegetables for the past four years now however I’ve let the kitchen side down as I’ve not explored cooking with my vegetables as often as I’d liked. When I have cooked with my harvests, it hasn’t been very adventurous, usually I’ll just boil the green beans from the [...]

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Indoor Grow Your Own Gone Mad

Posted on 24. Nov, 2011 by Tracey.

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This rant of a post has been inspired by a daily mail story about a german designer called Pia Wustenberg who has created a ‘real’ grass rug which has grass and moss seed in the rug and then it grows through a design in the fabric. Maybe its just me but this is indoor grow [...]

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Benefits of Growing Vegetables in Winter

Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by Tracey.

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I enjoy sowing seeds in the Autumn and Winter because I’m always amazed that a plant can grow in a season that is cold, frosty and even snowy and still come out into Spring smiling. That is some hardy plant! This is why I can’t help but sow Broad Beans and Peas every Winter to [...]

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Best Books for Cooking with Fruit and Vegetables

Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by Tracey.

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I have been really enjoying the british food delights and creative vegetable dishes cooked up from programmes like Great British Food Revival particularly the episode about Garlic (catchup on the BBC iPlayer, its definitely worth a watch) and the new series from River Cottage – Veg Everyday (find the recipes here) and I’m loving how [...]

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The Last Veg Seed Sowings of the Year

Posted on 29. Oct, 2011 by Tracey.

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The last vegetable seeds have been sown for this year and the only bulbs left to plant are the garlic bulbs between end of October and Mid November. I’ve decided to try sowing my onions and shallots from seed in March next year so I’m not planting any sets this autumn. If you are planting [...]

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October Highlights and Veg Harvests

Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by Tracey.

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October has been a really great month for harvests especially french beans, runner beans and more beans before the frost took them. Here’s what my vegetable plots were looking like a week ago: Unfortunately there is a slug and caterpillar problem in Plot 1 and they have teamed up together to eat the rest of [...]

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New Kale on the Block, Kale Fizz

Posted on 23. Oct, 2011 by Tracey.

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Back in June I sowed a variety of Kale called ‘Fizz’. I saw it in the MoreVeg online catalog advertised as a new british bred kale and the leaves looked quite unusual. The seed price was only 50p so I thought I can’t go wrong for this price, I’ll give it a try. Kale is [...]

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Beginner Garlic Growers, Which Variety to Choose?

Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by Tracey.

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I’m a beginner Garlic grower and I’m not afraid to admit it, sounds like I was speaking at Garlic Anonymous or something then. Its all new to me, I do like garlic but don’t cook with it, mostly because my other half doesn’t like the smell of it and I’m not really sure how to [...]

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Rocket

Posted on 09. Oct, 2011 by Tracey.

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Rocket is one of my favourite songs by Def Leppard, check out the video here for some classic 80′s cheesy rock and Rocket is also one of the strongest tasting vegetables I have grown this year. Its peppery-ness is so strong from just one tiny leaf lobe, it beats the Scarlet Globe Radish hands down, [...]

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Cauliflowers – A New Winter Growing Adventure

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Tracey.

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I’m about to embark for the first time ever into the bumpy journey of growing cauliflowers, thanks to Urban Veg Patch who brought them to my attention in my recent competition. Why I’ve Never grown Cauliflower so far When I was studying the Certificate in Gardening by City and Guilds at evening classes a few [...]

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