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If you Build it, they will come – Wildlife in the Vegetable Garden
If you have seen the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ by Kevin Costner, you’ll know that the most famous line in the film was ‘If you Build it, he will come’. It’s a great film based on baseball, check it out if you haven’t seen it. The saying ‘If you Build it, they will come’…
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The Importance of Potting On Vegetable Seedlings from a Small Pot to a Bigger Pot
About Mid May, there is a weekend whereby all I do is pot on all my seedlings. I would prefer it if I potted plants on a bit at a time as sometimes it’s very overwhelming to do it all at once, because I don’t know what to do first. The potting on job then…
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Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 1 – Varieties & What you will need to Grow
The UK climate is not tropical and it is definitely not hot enough to grow melons outside. However.. If you own a greenhouse or a poly tunnel, even a small one, it’s your lucky day! Bingo! you can now grow Mini Melons. What are Mini Melons? Mini Melons are melons but their size is just…
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Early May 2024 – Vegetable Garden Update – Garlic, Onions, Leek, Broad Beans & Radish
Here’s my Vegetable Garden Plan for Year 2024. My plan is a work in progress and I’m always changing things about. I had too many Onions this year and couldn’t bear to part with any of them so I have placed the second lot of 50 onions (grown in cell trays) in the ‘Squash’ section…
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Vegetable Garden Trends 2024 – Let’s Grow Together
According the RHS, the gardening trends for 2024 are planet friendly gardens which help your well being and there is still a strong growth in the Grow Your Own Vegetables field. My thoughts on Vegetable Garden Trends for 2024 Whilst researching the internet, I can see what is making people passionate this year when it…
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How to Plant Onion Sets in the Ground that have been grown in Cell Trays
My Onion sets were planted in cell trays in the second week of March. One month later, in Mid April, they are now ready to be planted out in a raised beds. See my article: 🧅 How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in Cell trays + Video. This year in Mid April, the…
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Growing Broad Beans – Part 3 – How To Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans – Free PDF Checklist
I know how daunting it can be when you are a beginning vegetable grower and you don’t know where to start. I was that beginner a few years ago. This is why I have created the How to Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans Checklist to help you through the sowing and growing stages with…
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