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I was a Beginner Vegetable Grower, 23 years ago
Twenty-three years ago, I stood in my first vegetable patch, trowel in hand, unsure where to begin. I had no idea which seeds to sow, how deep to plant them, or how to keep pests at bay. My early attempts were a mix of excitement, trial and error where some crops thrived, while others failed…
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A Guide to Growing Onions from Sets – Free Ebook
So that’s right, I’ve finally written an ebook and this one’s about Onions! And there’s more exciting projects to come. My Ebook is all about Growing Onions from Sets. There’s no need to search the internet for ‘How to Grow Onions’, as all the information, planting details, growing tips, variety comparisons, pests and Diseases quick…
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Pests – How to Grow Veg & Live with Slugs & Snails
We all know Slugs and Snails are very unpopular creatures however they have inhabited gardens and soil for years. All About Slugs and Snails Slugs and snails are from the family of mollusks that now live on land. Their cousins are sea dwelling and Slugs evolved from Snails. Slugs and snails have to keep moist…
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Vegetable Growing Timeline – April
For Daily Vegetable Garden Updates Follow Me on Twitter / X @justmetraceyb Here’s my Profile on Twitter / X: April’s Weather The weather has been unusually cold and it was very wet at the beginning April in the east of the UK. The daylight hours are now approaching 15 hours a day however there has…
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Vegetable Growing Timeline – March
This year I’ve started to use my favourite social media channel Twitter / X as my Daily Updates channel. I like this type of social media as in a few sentences and a photo (microblogging), I am able to update any of my followers as to what is happening in the Vegetable Garden in that…
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Highlights from our Vegetable Garden – 25 June 2023
I thought I’d share some highlights of our family Vegetable Garden this week and it’s all about the flowers and the fruit and our first courgette of the year. Vegetable Garden Highlights Vegetables and Fruits Flowering in June Vegetables & fruit that are forming baby forms in June Vegetables & fruit being harvested in June
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Jobs for the Vegetable Garden – January
It’s all about the preparation this month and resisting to start seeds off too early. In the UK, we have cold weather and sometimes snow in January so unless you have a heated propagator then no seeds can be sown not even in the greenhouse. How to Prepare your Vegetable Garden for the Growing Season…
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Happy New Year! Happy New Plot
Wishing you all a Happy New year and a happy new set of vegetables and harvests this year! Happy Birthday to my blog – Sow, Grow and Harvest it is two years old this month! I started writing about my adventures in growing vegetables two years ago (I don’t know where the time goes) as…
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How to get your Child involved in Vegetable Growing from a young age
We love growing vegetables and we would like that love to rub off on our daughter who is 2 and a half years old. We have been doing activities that involve nature and the outdoors to try and nurture her love for the vegetable garden. Here’s a few ideas on how to get your children…
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All About Our Vegetable Garden
Welcome to all my new readers and visitors to my Vegetable Growing blog. You may be all wondering how my vegetable garden was designed and created or how we built it in our back garden or you may just want a nosey around to see what vegetables and fruit I’m currently growing. There’s a new…