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Let’s Grow Veg Together – Weekly – Veg Growing articles, Nature News & Growing Tips from the Web
In this weekly segment, I’ll be bringing you nature highlights, tips and vegetable growing news from the web and social media. After all, we are all learning from one another to try and grow the best vegetables we can in our plots and allotments, so Let’s Grow Together! If you have any great links to…
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It’s time to Sow Pumpkins in May in the UK
There are so many varieties of Pumpkin to grow, there’s one type for everyone and every size garden. Pumpkins Variety – Baby Bear We are sowing Variety – Baby Bear this year. This is a small variety and each pumpkin grows up to 1kg in weight and is a perfect meal for one. There’s usually…
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Sowing Sweet Pepper Seeds Indoors in Mid February
I’ve been itching to start sowing my seeds this year and one of the first seeds to sow in Mid February are the Sweet Peppers. My Chosen Variety: Semaroh An Eastern European Sweet Pepper which is long and slim like a bulls horn. Measure to 16cm long and turns from green to red. They are…
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I Love Peas and I want to grow them all year
I love growing peas and a few years ago I managed to grow them successionally for a few months during the spring and summer. This year I want to try and grow peas one variety after the other from sowings in early February to October which means I need a very early variety to start…
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Growing Pumpkins for Halloween
We are so excited as we haven’t grown Pumpkins before and we have always wanted to grow our own pumpkins in time for Halloween. We are sowing variety: Jack O Lantern – This variety is a perfect size for carving lanterns with soft orange flesh. Sow: May to June Harvest: September to October Top Tips…
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How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings
This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…
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Part 4 – How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings
This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…
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The Marigolds Ring of Steel for Tomatoes
Marigolds and Tomatoes go hand in hand as best friends. They love being planted next to one another and are true companions. Why? Years ago when I had a greenhouse, marigolds were the only pest control that worked and kept the whitefly away from my tomatoes. Two years ago, I planted tomatoes outside in my…
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How to Plan Your Vegetable Plot – Part 3 – Choosing Vegetable Varieties
If you’ve read my How to Plan your Vegetable Plot Parts 1 and 2, your plot will be ready so now all’s that’s left is to work out which vegetable variety to choose. How to choose a Vegetable Variety There are hundreds of vegetable varieties to choose from so where do you look first? And…
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Sowing Sunflower Seeds with Children
Get growing with your children this Easter by sowing some Sunflower seeds. It’s extremely easy to do, all you need is a bit of soil from the garden or compost, a plastic tub or yogurt pot and some sunflower seeds. We also scattered some seeds onto the flower beds as my daughter got a bit…
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