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February – Buy & Chit your Seed Potatoes & How To Plant Potatoes
Growing Potatoes in a container is one of the easiest ways of getting into growing your own vegetables. What does First Early, Second Early and Maincrop mean? First Earlies Plant: Mid March to Mid April. Harvest: Mid June to Mid July. These potatoes are the quickest growers they take 10-12 weeks (3 months) from planting…
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Broad Beans – Part 3 – How To Grow Checklist for Beginners – Free PDF
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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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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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in February – Top 5 Veg that take a long time a grow.
The weather is still cold in the UK however the hours of light have increased, making it the perfect time to start sowing vegetable seeds of that take the longest time to grow. Here’s some ideas to get you started. Top 5 Vegetables that take a long time to grow 1. Parsnip – 180 days…
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Vegetable Garden Update – January – Cauliflower, Kale, Fennel, Cabbage, Carrots.
The Weather Like every good gardener, I like to talk about the weather and keep up to date what it’s going to do next. The usual weather in the UK in January is cold, frost with periods of rain. We have had rather a mix of lots of rain, a few storms, high winds, a…
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Vegetable Garden Update – January – Cauliflower, Kale, Fennel, Spring Cabbage, Carrots.
The Weather Like every good gardener, I like to talk about the weather and keep up to date what it’s going to do next. If you are on X / Twitter social media and live in London or the Southeast of England, UK, follow Daniel or The Snow Dreamer as he gets the weather right.…
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Growing Broad Beans – Part 2 – Comparing Varieties
Welcome back to Part 2 of Growing Broad Beans. Here’s the handy links to my other parts in the Growing Broad Beans Series. In this part I’ll be teaching you about the different varieties of Broad Beans and giving you the opportunity to download a Free Broad Bean Variety Comparison PDF, which you can view…
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Growing Broad Beans – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Growing Conditions
This year I’ll be diving into the nitty gritty on how to grow your own vegetable favourites and unusual vegetables, by teaching you what varieties are available for your vegetable gardens, when to start sowing seeds, growing requirements and top tips like how to keep the pests off your prized plants. First up are one…
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We have Autumn Cauliflowers!
I am so excited to announce my first ever 3 Cauliflowers grown from seed. I spotted them this morning, as the netting came off the Brassica cage a few days ago in the high winds. I’ve kept the netting off so I can check for slugs with the wet weather. They have made my January!…
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Is it worth starting to sow Vegetable Seeds in January?
I am a member of a number of Facebook Vegetable Growing Groups and the most asked question at the moment in December is ‘When can I start sowing seeds?’ And ‘What can I grow in January?’ The answer is somewhat mixed, some say yes you can start sowing some vegetables and others say no it’s…
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