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Vegetable Seeds To Sow in February
A mixture of cold loving vegetables and warm loving vegetables can be sown in February. Here’s my Top 5 Vegetables to Grow in February Indoors. Cold Loving Vegetables Very Early Peas I love Peas but last year the pigeons chewed and spat out my peas which were located in a pot. This year I’m fighting…
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Things to Plant in December
As we enter the Winter Season in the UK, temperatures have dipped and light levels have reduced to 8 hours. There are still things that can be planted in December. He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter’ is a quote from…
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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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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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July Harvests – Peach, Blackberry, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Sweet Peppers & Cucumbers
July is another month for harvests. This year I have been enjoying the fruit as well as our vegetables. I am particularly enjoying the following harvests: 1. Lettuce ‘Outrageous’ Started Harvesting: 13 July & ongoing. This lettuce is a cos type, low growing with a tight oval shaped leaves. The best thing is the colour,…
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Part 6 – How to Harvest your Broad Bean Pods with Video + FREE PDF Timeline
It’s been a great year for Broad Beans! If you have grown them for the first time this year and followed my FREE PDF Broad Bean Growing Checklist, you’ll know that they should be ready for harvesting about Mid June onwards. What do Broad Bean pods look like when they are ready to harvest? The…
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Part 5 – Broad Beans – Flowering & Beans Growing
Thanks for joining me for Part 5 of my Broad Bean Series, if you have missed any previous parts, here’s the recap. And don’t forget the FREE downloadable PDF Checklist for Growing Broad Beans (Part 3) – all the details in one place so you can tick it off as you grow! Part 1 📕…
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Vegetable Garden Plan 2024 & May Growings
Here’s my Vegetable Garden Plan for Year 2024. My plan is a work in progress and I’m always changing things about. I had too many Onions this year and couldn’t bear to part with any of them so I have placed the second lot of 50 onions (grown in cell trays) in the ‘Squash’ section…
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Part 4 – How to Plant Out Broad Beans into a Raised Bed with Video
If you have been using my Free PDF Broad Bean Growing Checklist and have sown your seeds and they have germinated. You may now be ready to plant out your Broad Beans in a Raised bed. You will Need: How to Plant out Broad Beans in your Raised Bed How to Plant out Broad Bean…
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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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