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Columnar Fruit Trees in the Veg Garden – 1 Year Growth Update
It’s that time of the year again, the time to plant Bare Root Fruit tree from October to January in the UK. I thought I’d update you on almost a years worth of growth of our fruit trees bought and planted last January. We wanted some small fruit trees for our garden, that could be…
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Columnar Fruit Trees Growing in our Vegetable Garden – 1 Year Growth Update
It’s that time of the year again, the time to plant Bare Root Fruit trees from October to January in the UK. I thought I’d update you on almost a years worth of growth of our fruit trees bought and planted last January. We wanted some small fruit trees for our garden, that could be…
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Autumn Vegetable Harvest – Pumpkins, Petty Pan Squash, Butternut & Spring Greens.
I love Autumn with its leaf colour changing charms and it’s dreamy, cosy time when the blankets and gloves come out as it’s a little bit ‘nippy’ outside. Our Blueberry plants are giving us a great red leaf autumn display which looks great in the garden. It’s the first time, in my vegetable growing history,…
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Autumn Vegetable Harvest – Baby Pumpkins, Petty Pan Squash, Butternut Squash, Peas, Kale, Spinach and Spring Greens.
I love Autumn with its leaf colour changing charms and it’s dreamy, cosy time when the blankets and gloves come out as it’s a little bit ‘nippy’ outside. Our Blueberry plants are giving us a great red leaf autumn display which looks great in the garden. It’s the first time, in my vegetable growing history,…
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Winter is Coming! All About Frost & Growing Veg in the Autumn & Winter.
Weather in the South east of the UK is about to get very chilly at the weekend with a frost warning to UK gardeners for Sunday night. I’ve always wondered what the cold and frost can do to your growing vegetables, so let’s find out how bad it can get. What is Frost? Frost is…
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Winter is Coming! All About Frost and Growing Vegetables in the Autumn/Winter.
Weather in the South east of the UK is about to get very chilly at the weekend with a frost warning to UK gardeners for Sunday night. I’ve always wondered what the cold and frost can do to your growing vegetables, so let’s find out how bad it can get. What is Frost? Frost is…
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Growing Baby Bear Pumpkins
I have been growing pumpkins for the first time this year, we sowed them in May and it’s now early October and we have a success with Pumpkin ‘Baby Bear’. We now have two baby pumpkins in our raised bed from one plant. One is still unripe and turning from green to orange. The other…
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Growing Butternut Squash in a Large Pot & Harvest Top Tips
This year has been a great year for squashes and pumpkins. Another new vegetable for this year was a Butternut Squash as I’ve not ever grown one before. We had no room in the raised beds so decided to experiment to see if two plants would grow in a large patio pot instead. The plants…
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Growing Butternut Squashes in a Large Patio Pot & Harvesting Top Tips
This year has been a great year for squashes and pumpkins. Another new vegetable for this year was a Butternut Squash as I’ve not ever grown one before. We had no room in the raised beds so decided to experiment to see if two plants would grow in a large patio pot instead. The plants…
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August Sowings Update – Planting Winter Veg in the Ground
It’s been a few weeks since I sowed the late summer sowings. The Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, kale, spring cabbage and fennel are now seedlings and ready to be planted out in my raised beds. However anything from the Brassica family i.e Cauliflower, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage and Kale still needs to be planted under netting in…
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