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Bank Holiday Broad Beans

Bank Holiday Broad Beans

Posted on 27. Dec, 2011 by .

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Bank holiday is a good time to get out and about and check on my back garden veggies. So far I’m sticking to my winter watering tip of “no watering in winter, let the weather do it for you” as I haven’t watered my winter seedlings since they were sowed at the end of October.  [...]

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Red Pak Choi, Rocket and Carrot Harvest

Red Pak Choi, Rocket and Carrot Harvest

Posted on 01. Oct, 2011 by .

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There has been good results and bad results with my Red Rubi Pak Choi. Good results in that it is a stunning vegetable to grow, very quick grower, has a nice crunch to it in stir-fries and doesn’t loose all its colour on cooking (by cooking I mean 2-3 minutes in a frying pan). I [...]

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July Vegetable Plot Update with Peas and Giant Cabbages

July Vegetable Plot Update with Peas and Giant Cabbages

Posted on 10. Jul, 2011 by .

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Over the past month my vegetable plot has produced quite a lot of vegetables including a glut of mange tout which I have already had to freeze for eating later. My cabbages have succeeded my expectations this year by becoming giant spring cabbages. I’ve had to blanche and freeze the leaves for later in the [...]

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Oh My, How You’ve Grown! Shallots, Lettuce and Mange Tout

Oh My, How You’ve Grown! Shallots, Lettuce and Mange Tout

Posted on 22. May, 2011 by .

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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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January Vegetable Plot Update – Brassicas Rule!

January Vegetable Plot Update – Brassicas Rule!

Posted on 29. Jan, 2011 by .

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My raised beds are looking very empty as the snow wiped out all my peas, I had high hopes for them as I sowed them in every bed. I’ll just have to repeat the sowings next month and have my fingers crossed for peas in the summer, thats if there’s enough room as I’m definitely [...]

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Winter Lettuce, Radish, Savoy Cabbage and Kale Update

Winter Lettuce, Radish, Savoy Cabbage and Kale Update

Posted on 10. Nov, 2010 by .

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My vegetable plot is looking like a spring garden in November at the moment. There’s a wave of green seedlings all growing well with a few special stunning beauties like my savoy and spring cabbage, which are growing in leaps and bounds. I’m so glad because at least I’ll be eating spring cabbage and peas [...]

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September Vegetable Growing Update – Harvesting Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce

September Vegetable Growing Update – Harvesting Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce

Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by .

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After my relaxing break away in the stunning scenery of the Lake District, I have come back to a vegetable plot which is in disarray and needs some much needed love, care and attention. My french bean plants and the stinging nettles in amongst my carrot rows needed pulling out and my perpetual spinach is [...]

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