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Part 5 – How to Care for your Growing Tomatoes
My greenhouse grown tomatoes have been growing strongly although the outdoor grown tomatoes have been sulking a bit with the cold weather in Mid June! Let’s hope we get some sunshine and heat soon to turn these tomatoes red or orange or [insert your colour here]. I am growing: Greenhouse Tomatoes Are growing: Raised Bed…
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How to Plant Courgettes in a Raised Bed with Video
I’m excited to grow another Ball courgette this year, called ‘Summer Holiday F1’. It’s a yellow stripy variety which should make a bright statement in the vegetable garden. My Courgettes are ready to be planted outside. However this week (10th – 14th June) the British weather has gone cool, with temperatures dipping overnight. A word…
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Coriander Glut
My two favourite herbs are coriander and basil. I use them a lot in cookery so it makes sense to grow quite a few plants. Sometimes all the plants are ready at the same time and there’s a Coriander Glut. Coriander Top Facts There’s still time to Sow Coriander! What is Coriander? It is a…
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Mini Melons – Part 3 – It’s Time to Pot on your Seedlings with Video
I’m growing a Mini Melon variety called Minnesota Midget which is a Cantaloupe orange flesh mini melon. It’s my first time growing Mini melons in my greenhouse this Summer and I am excited to see what they will look and taste like. Early June is the time to pot on your Mini Melons (from an…
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Radish Harvest – Sow to Harvest in 4 Weeks
Radishes were the first vegetable I decided to grow, when I first started growing my own vegetables. I chose to start with Radish because it is the easiest vegetable to grow, they are so quick to harvest in just 4 weeks. I still grow Radishes today for that very reason. I believe everyone can grow…
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How to Plant Out Sweetcorn into a Raised Bed with Video
Sweetcorn is one of the best vegetables to grow for yourself. Sweetcorn tastes so much more juicer, sweet and fresh when you harvest from your garden compared with the corn on the cobs from supermarkets. Difficulty Growing Level: Easy Sweetcorn is surprisingly easy to grow because they do not need much attention. Recap on Sowing…
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Sowing & Growing Mini Melons – Part 2 – How to Sow Mini Melon Seeds
Welcome back for Part 2 of my mini series on How to Grow Mini Melons. Mini Melons are melons that grow smaller than normal melons thus they grow quicker and are easy to handle in the greenhouse. If you missed Part 1 📕- Varieties and what you need to grow Melons, check it out here.…
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The Importance of Potting On Vegetable Seedlings from a Small Pot to a Bigger Pot
About Mid May, there is a weekend whereby all I do is pot on all my seedlings. I would prefer it if I potted plants on a bit at a time as sometimes it’s very overwhelming to do it all at once, because I don’t know what to do first. The potting on job then…
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How to Plant Out Leeks in a Raised Bed with Video
May is the time to Plant Out your Leeks so they have enough time to fatten up for the winter. Top 3 Growing Conditions for Leeks Leeks are quite easy to grow but they do need the following 3 things: How to Plant Out Leek Plants in a Raised Bed with Video 📋 You will…
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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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