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What’s New in August:
Empty Beds? What to Sow Next.
Harvesting Tomatoes & Cucumbers,
Harvesting the 8th Courgette!
Summer Squash Harvest.

Welcome to all my new readers and visitors to my Vegetable Growing blog. You may be all wondering how my vegetable garden was designed and…
This year there seems to be an explosion of blackfly, greenfly and green aphids on quite a number of fruit, vegetables and flowers we are…
Last week the flower spikes had arrived on our Leeks, really they should have all been harvested by the end of March but as our…
I’m so excited, as it will soon be time to pick the peas in the vegetable garden that never make it to the kitchen. I…


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Hi, I’m Tracey — vegetable grower, passionate learner, and firm believer that anyone can grow their own food. While I work as an account manager during the day, my spare time has been dedicated to growing vegetables in my back garden for the last 23 years.
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