Lots of people grow fruit, veggies and herbs but a lot of people don’t realise that some decorative flowers are also edible! They look great in the garden, they attract wildlife (bees, butterflies, hoverflies, pollinating ...
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Archives for July 2020
This week: Growing Po-tay-toes!
What Are Potatoes?
Great. They are just great.
Potatoes are a root crop, known as tubers. They are swellings of roots, and one seed potato can produce ten more. Potatoes are most commonly grown from seed potatoes, which ...
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This Week: Growing Brassicas
What Are Brassicas?
Brassicas include food such as cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts, turnip, swede, kohl rabi, cabbage, kale, and pak choi.
Turnip and swede were covered in the previous post, Root Crops – click here to ...
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This week: Growing Peas and Beans
What Are Peas and Beans?
Peas and beans are part of the legume family. They are great fun to grow, especially if you buy the different coloured varieties. This year I am growing green, purple and yellow French beans, red ...
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This week: Growing Root Crops
What Are Root Crops?
Root crops includes vegetables that are grown as the root part of the plant. The root swells and this is what we pull or dig up and eat. This includes;
Carrot
Parsnip
Radish
Beetroot ...
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