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Can I Eat My Leeks? – Identifying Common Leek Diseases
Have you found spots or patches on your Leeks? Can you still eat your Leeks? Don’t dig them up and throw them away yet! Let’s take a look at a few common diseases of Leeks to see whether you can still take your leeks to the dinner table. Leek Rust It’s November in the Vegetable…
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Planting Elephant Garlic – Have you tried it?
That’s right Elephant Garlic. It is Garlic of Elephant proportions! I’m not joking either, ‘the cloves are big, wow’ exclaimed my daughter, age 5. If the cloves are big, how big are the bulbs?! I thought, well it’s time to plant them out into the ground to find out. I’m also planting normal size garlic…
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November – Planting Vegetables & Fruit Trees
If Chrysanthemums and peonies are the Flowers of November then Garlic and Onions should be the Vegetables of November. Here’s the Top things to plant in November: Shallots, Onion & Garlic Shallots, Onions and Garlic should really be planted this month. The ground will be frozen soon so plant your bulbs before then. If it’s…
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October 2024 – Seeds, Veg & Harvest Squash – Timeline
October 2024 Weather Daylight Hours in October in UK: 9 Hours and 55 minutes. Find out your daylight hours by Town in the UK. Weather in October 24: Very wet with consistent rain for two weeks. Foggy mornings. Very Mild with temperatures approx 15 degrees centigrade. My rudbeckia’s are still flowering in the last week…
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Christmas Potatoes – Are they ready to harvest yet?
Christmas potatoes are ready in 12 weeks or 3 months. Signs your Potatoes are a few weeks away from harvesting: Why are they called Christmas Potatoes, if they don’t last until Christmas? Christmas Potatoes are 1st or 2nd Early in type and their foliage does not like the cold or frost. This is why they…
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Part 5 – Challenge Brassica – One Month Plantings Update
A month has flown by and here’s the update, plants have green growth, merged into the gaps and weeds have sprouted. Let’s find out how things are going with the Brussels, Cauliflower and Kale plants. Why are Brassica’s Challenging to Grow? Here is the ‘Challenge Brassica’ Story so far… Bought Plug Plants and Potted on…
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Sow Your Own – Halloween Speedy Salad Leaf Cauldron
Sow your own Halloween Speedy Leaf Cauldron
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Challenge Brassica – Part 4 – Exploring Netting, Hoops, Cages for all Budgets
The Brassicas are settling in to their newly replenished soil in their Raised beds for the winter so now all they need is a cover to protect from pigeons and the frost. Read my guide to Frost in Winter is Coming – All About Frost for Autumn/Winter Vegetables. Types of Covers for Vegetables Once you…
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Bringing Nature into Cities – London, UK
Projects that bring Nature into our cities are vital for the environment in built up areas like cities. Not only does it reduce pollution but helps our wellbeing and makes us stop, listen and think in these tranquil nature spaces even if they are surrounded by skyscraper buildings. I studied Environmental Science at Greenwich University…
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