Top Up Your Salad Bowl Sowings for Late Summer Harvests
Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
My lettuce has been crazy this year, growing very fast and swamping my plot however its now on the way out bolting due to the heat so its the ideal time to top up my sowings to ensure I have more lettuce, radish and oriental leaves to see my salad bowl through to late summer. [...]
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A Vibrant Vegetable Feast for the Eyes
Posted on 11. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
This is what vegetable growing is all about, the harvests. This June harvest is especially vivid due to the dark purple pods from the Mange Tout ‘Ezeta’s Krombek Blauwschokker‘, extra large green pods of ‘Carouby de Maussane‘ Mange Tout and my favorite Radish ‘Pink Beauty‘ from last season. The shiny round peas sitting snug in [...]
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Spring Cabbages and Plant Spacing Problem Update
Posted on 08. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
Back in February I had a Spring Cabbage Spacing Problem in my raised bed primarily because I had sowed my cabbage seeds too close together (closer together than the recommended spacing on the seed packet). I tweeted my problem on Twitter and kindly some fellow growers gave me the following advice: @3menandaplot – Recommended that [...]
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Unusual Gem – Dark Purple Podded Mange Tout
Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by Tracey.
They say gardeners love growing peas and its true – I love growing Mange Tout (also known as sugar snap and snow pea). I’ve been growing a different variety every year for the past 4 years and I think I’ve found the jewel in the crown this year. This unusual gem of a variety has [...]
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It’s a Bugs Life in the Vegetable Garden
Posted on 25. May, 2011 by Tracey.
The great thing about vegetable gardening is the interaction with nature and wildlife. If you grow vegetables in your back garden like I do, there’s not far to travel to get a sense of the wildlife around you and beneath your feet. You’d be amazed how much you miss by just walking past a vegetable [...]
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Oh My, How You’ve Grown! Shallots, Lettuce and Mange Tout
Posted on 22. May, 2011 by Tracey.
Oh My How You’ve Grown was a saying my auntie, uncle, mother’s friends use to say with some regularity when I was a youngster. But I always thought it was quite annoying and silly as it is one of those sayings that could never be said the other way around, Oh My How You’ve Shrunk, [...]
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Back To Basics – Vegetable Raised Bed Materials
Posted on 14. May, 2011 by Tracey.
Raised beds can be constructed from a variety of different materials, from plants to wood and man made materials like plastic and tyres. All have their advantages and disadvantages for growing vegetables in, its just a matter of choosing which material is suitable for you and your budget. Popular Types of Material include: Wood This [...]
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Why it’s Worth Growing Spring Onions in your Veg Plot
Posted on 07. May, 2011 by Tracey.
I have grown to love the versatility of spring onions bought from the supermarket, they can be added to almost any dish, salad or jacket potato to add crunch or bite. So you ask if I already buy them from the supermarket for 80 pence per bunch, why start growing my own spring onions from [...]
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Jacket Potato Sprouting and Planting Update
Posted on 02. May, 2011 by Tracey.
My jacket potato tubers have had more than enough time (8 weeks) to pre sprout on the kitchen windowsill ready for planting outside. The potato sprouts are itching to get their already open leaves into that lovely peat based compost in their recycled planter. Instead of buying a brand new wooden planter, I have decided [...]
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Sowing Multi-Coloured French Beans in Containers
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Tracey.
I love french beans and I grow them every year. This year I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to squeeze them into my raised beds as I want to grow runner beans as well so I have sown purple, yellow and purple and green varieties into silver galvanized containers on my decking which [...]
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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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