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Vegetable Seeds to Sow Outdoors in February & March

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

Spring will be arriving soon (hopefully) but until then if your itching to get seed sowing there are plenty of vegetables that can be started off outdoors in the ground under cloches. If your location is experiencing periods of prolonged rain or snow it maybe worth holding off until March.
The last frost date in the [...]

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Growing Heritage Seed Potatoes

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

My project this year in my vegetable garden is to grow heritage seed varieties. Why? well something draws me to old and unusual seeds, I think its the adventurer inside me trying to go on a quest once more to find out the stories behind the vegetable varieties. After growing vegetables for 3 years [...]

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Planning your Vegetable Garden Part 4 – Choosing Your Seeds

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

Please view Parts 1, 2 3a and 3b in my series for more information on Planning your Vegetable Garden.
In Part 3a and b you created your vegetable plot plan on paper or online and now you’ll need to choose what varieties of vegetables you would like to grow and buy for sowing.
1. Choose which seed [...]

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Valentines Day Vegetables that put the Passion into Gardening

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

Here’s a bit of fun to celebrate valentines day, vegetable gardener style. Below is my cupid list to ignite your passion of growing, see if any of the following vegetable contenders make it onto your short list for the new season!
1. Scarlet Horn – Carrot
If you like small packages, this is the one for you! [...]

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Planning Your Vegetable Garden Part 3b – Creating a Plan Online

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

There is a variety of online software and tools for budding vegetable growers to create their own plot plans on the internet. I have explored the free and paid options available to vegetable gardeners and in this Part of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden I am reviewing the best way (in my opinion) to plan, [...]

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Planning Your Vegetable Garden Part 3a – Drawing a Plan

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

Welcome to Part 3a of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series. At the end of this part you will be able to sketch or draw out a vegetable garden plan from scratch or around whats already growing in your vegetable plot.
If you’ve missed Parts 1 and 2, please visit the Plan your Vegetable Garden Series [...]

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January Vegetable Garden Update with Photos

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Tracey.

Let the Sunshine, let the sunshine, the sun shines on! The first glimpse of spring sunshine, but there’s still a bite in the air and even the snowdrops have popped up to enjoy the view. Its been a while since I’ve checked on my back garden vegetable plots, so I knew there was a little [...]

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Pixie, Druid, Kestral and Mayan Queen are all types of what?

Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.

Birds? Characters in the brilliant film Avatar? Nope and Nope, they are all varieties of Potatoes!
This weekend is big news for the humble Potato, a versatile vegetable which can be boiled, mashed, roasted or wedged. With over 100 varieties to choose from at the National Potato Day at Garden Organic Ryton, its a good job [...]

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How to Use Organic Fertiliser in Your Vegetable Garden

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.

There are three types of application of organic fertilizer to your vegetable garden, they are:
1. Dig-In or Rake-In Fertilizer
Apply a quantity per square meter (see pack instructions) and rake or dig into the soil. Check the period of time (below) it takes the nutrients to release into the soil as no seeds can be sown [...]

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Types of Organic Fertilizers for your Vegetable Garden

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.

There are two types of organic fertilizer for your garden:

Natural which includes anything that occurs naturally like seaweed, manure, peat, worm compost.
Processed which includes man-made fertilizers like chicken pellets, bone-meal, blood and fish meal and compost.

What does fertilizer do in your vegetable garden?

Fix certain minerals that already exist in the soil and improve the soil [...]

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