10 Vegetable Growing Highlights of 2009
Posted on 03. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
Whilst I was reading ‘A Year of Harvests – 2009‘ over at Skippy’s Vegetable Garden blog, it inspired me to express my own vegetable highlights of 2009. As you can see below I’ve got through quite a bit in a year and there’s more to come in 2010.
1. Growing Mange Tout with the most gorgeous [...]
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December Veg Plot & Winter Seedlings Update
Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
December is a time where I tend to hibernate and leave the vegetable plot to fend mostly for itself apart from harvesting the odd bit of pak choi. So it was nice to have a look at the plots today (the first day of the new year) in the beautiful winter sunshine to see how [...]
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The 12 Vegetables of Christmas – Part 3 of 3
Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by Tracey.
Here are the last 4 vegetables which can be harvested during the festive season. Why not try growing your own veg next year? Please view my other posts in this series: Part 1 and Part 2 of The 12 Vegetables of Christmas.
9. Turnip
Turnips are a typical winter vegetable that goes hand in hand with swede [...]
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The 12 Vegetables of Christmas – Part 2 of 3
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Tracey.
Following on from Part 1 of my 12 Vegetables that can be harvested at Christmas time, here’s another four Christmas vegetables to wet your appetite.
5. Winter Cabbage
If you’ve managed to dodge all the cabbage white caterpillars this year, you’ll be harvesting good quality hardy winter cabbages this Christmas. There’s plenty of recipes for using cabbage [...]
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The 12 Vegetables of Christmas – Part 1 of 3
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Tracey.
Last year my dad handed me a giant leek that one of his friends had given him off his allotment, this year I decided to grow my own leeks for the first time to be able to hand my dad one back for Christmas from my vegetable garden. So far so good, the leeks are [...]
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Vegetable Growers Christmas Gift Guide 2009
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Tracey.
Welcome to the launch of my very first Christmas Gift Guide for Vegetable Growers and Gardeners.
It’s 4 weeks to Christmas! If you are struggling to find ideas for that perfect Christmas gift for the vegetable grower, allotment holder or gardener in your family or friends, then look no further as I have designed and produced [...]
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November Veg Plot Update – Leeks, Fennel, Onions, Broad Beans & Pak Choi
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Tracey.
November has been chilly, windy and rainy, this is the first real chance thanks to the British weather I have had since the 1st of the month when my Broad Beans, Peas, Onions and Shallots were planted, to get outside and check my plot. My vegetable plot update is a good opportunity to see how [...]
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Vegetable Seeds to Sow & Bulbs to Plant in November
Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by Tracey.
Its truly autumn now with the leaves falling and temperature dropping. There’s not much left to sow in November but if you want to get a head start on next year there’s a few vegetables to sow or plant that will delight you with their harvest in May to July.
Garlic
Garlic is easy to grow from [...]
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Pest Watch – Spot the Caterpillars
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Tracey.
I would have thought all the caterpillars would have gone by now off into hibernation for winter but no, the tiny green and brown caterpillars on my Plot 1 have been tucking into their last supper of my winter seedlings of Japanese kale, mustard greens and for afters a few bites of my pointed spring [...]
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Planting Autumn Onions, Shallots, Broad Beans & Peas
Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by Tracey.
I’ve finally planted and sowed my last seeds of the year in the form of my Autumn Onions and Shallots, Broad Beans and Peas.
I’m now growing:
Plot 1
OUT: Mustard Greens and Japanese Kale – crop failure due to slugs and caterpillars.
IN: 3 rows of Autumn Planting Shallots ‘Grise’ and 3 rows of ‘Senshyu Yellow’ Onions.
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