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Why You Shouldn’t Sow Vegetables in Wet Weather (and What to Do Instead)
Thinking of sowing or digging after rain? Wet weather can cause waterlogged soil, seed rot, and compacted beds. Discover why you shouldn’t sow vegetables in wet soil and what to do instead for a healthy, thriving veg garden
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What shall I Sow or Plant next in Raised Beds at End June to July?
In the vegetable garden at the end of June, there is a real moment of what shall I do next? Some of the early and leafy vegetable harvests have finished, garlic has been dug up and it’s time to clear the plants. But what do I plant next? End of June to July is the…
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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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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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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in October & GYO Halloween Speedy Leaf Bowl
You may be surprised to know that there are vegetable seeds you can sow in October. Overwintering Vegetables Most of the seeds and bulbs planted in October are to be overwintered which means to survive the winter and to be harvested in Spring. Vegetables to Harvest this year If you are looking for quick harvests…
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Autumn Vegetable Garden – Video Walkthrough
It is September and Autumn is here. There is a visible shift in the Vegetable Garden in Autumn, the nights draw in, daylight hours reduce to 12 hours and growing slows down. There are the Autumn harvests to look forward to like the squashes and pumpkins that are fattening up or ripening. And the joy…
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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,…