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How Not to Store Your Maincrop Potatoes

Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by Tracey.

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It just shows you when I’m in holiday mode things completely slip my mind like my potatoes. I harvested them last weekend just before I went on holiday and left them in a tub open to the air, light and moisture in my mini greenhouse to dry off before I washed and checked them over [...]

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Vegetable Seeds to Sow and Sets to Buy in September

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Tracey.

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September is the month for looking forward to the autumn and winter months and planning overwintering vegetables for your plots. 1. Order Now – Garlic. Delivery: Mid September to October, Plant: October to November. Harvest: July next year. Garlic Varieties: Popular – Solent White – good for the British climate. Giant – Elephant Garlic – [...]

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August Vegetable Plot Review – Whats Bean Happening?

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Its never too late in the year to start growing your own vegetables

Posted on 16. Aug, 2009 by Tracey.

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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.

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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 [...]

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