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Potting On Sweet Peppers – Napia (early red) with Video
The red Sweet Peppers – ‘Napia’ which are an early variety from Real Seeds, had really put a growth spurt on compared to their sweet pepper neighbours in the cell tray ‘Tangerine Dream’. At 6 leaves, the red sweet peppers were definitely ready for a larger pot and some fresh compost. How to Pot On…
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Tomatoes – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Reasons to Grow
Origins Tomatoes are originally from a South America, Central America and Mexico. They arrived in Europe in 16th century from the Spanish but people didn’t like them and they only became popular in the UK in the 18th Century. Other Names for Tomato Tomatoes were originally called Tomatl in Aztec times and then change over…
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Pick of the Veg Crops – Tomatoes – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Reasons to Grow
Origins Tomatoes are originally from a South America, Central America and Mexico. They arrived in Europe in 16th century from the Spanish but people didn’t like them and they only became popular in the UK in the 18th Century. Other Names for Tomato Tomatoes were originally called Tomatl in Aztec times and then change over…
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Growing Spring Planting Garlic in Mid March – Is it too late to grow?
I have not planted Garlic in March before, I usually plant it in November (Growing Garlic with Leeks and Onions) however this year we have finally run out of our Garlic stores so it’s time to plant some more. I’ve bought the following Garlic variety Garcua from the garden centre and it’s also available online…
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How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Video
Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…
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How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Planting Video
Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…
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Sweet Peppers ‘Tangerine Dream’ and ‘Napia’ have Germinated!
I was so happy with my sweet peppers last year that this year I have upgraded my cell trays (as last years sowings were started in a mushroom tray) and I started sowing my Sweet Peppers indoors in these: Windowsill Cell Trays with Lids from Amazon. These cell trays have been ideal and come with…
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Things that have caught my eye this week – Nature Artists
Firstly, Great News! Sow, Grow, Harvest blog is getting noticed on the World Wide Web and has made it to Number 35 in the Top 70 UK Best Gardening Blogs and Websites at FeedSpot. Why not go and check out lots of other fantastic gardening websites? I’ll be reviewing some fellow growers in future posts.…
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Let’s Grow Together – Things that have caught my eye this week – Nature Artists
Firstly, Great News! Sow, Grow, Harvest blog is getting noticed on the World Wide Web and has made it to Number 35 in the Top 70 UK Best Gardening Blogs and Websites at FeedSpot. Why not go and check out lots of other fantastic gardening websites? I’ll be reviewing some fellow growers in future posts.…
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Sowing and Growing Sweet Peppers – Part 1 – Origins, Types and Nutrition
What is a Sweet Pepper? A Sweet pepper is a pepper with no heat, that is sweet or fruity in flavour. Sweet Peppers are from the capsicum family of which chilli peppers also belong to. A Bell Pepper is zero on the scoville heat scale and a Sweet Pepper is 1-500 on the scoville heat…
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