Introduction:
July is traditionally the time to start harvesting onions and garlic so that they can dry in the warmer weather. It is also a fab time to start crops for christmas if you didn’t start anything in June. If you ...
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Archives for 2021
Grow Your Own in 2021 – June
Introduction:
June is the start of the harvest period! You can also keep sowing seeds for successional cropping, and loads of flowers can be direct sown this month too. There is still time to start sweetcorn, peas, beans, ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – May
Introduction:
May is the time to start a lot of summer cropping seeds! This includes courgette, sweetcorn, peas & beans, leaf crops and also autumn pumpkins & squash. You can also sow more of the things you did in ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – April
Introduction:
April is a great time to sow your second lot of seeds if you are doing successional sowing. This method can be used for lots of food crops. It's also a great time to start the rest of your main food ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – March
Introduction:
March is the start of the growing your own frenzy! I get very excited in March and try to start everything, but this year I will pace myself.
Read the January guide here and the February guide here.
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Free Printable Step by Step Pages
We have been producing step by steps which are then shared on our social media. We are posting them here as an easy to find resource! Click each picture to open in a new window, right click, select 'save image as'.
Toilet ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – February
Introduction:
Welcome to our new blog series! This year, we are going to post monthly blogs with loads of information about what to sow during that month, indoors and out, or what you can directly sow outside, and also ...
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Step by Step: Mixed Veggie Curry
A spicy dish for our next step by step, and not a jar of pre-made sauce in sight!
Use whatever veg you and your family like. This dish also used tinned pineapple chunks and cherry tomatoes for a twist. Control the heat by ...
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Step by Step: Mixed Veggie Mash
A fab way to get more veg into fussy eaters! Use chunky root veggies to make a mixed mash.
Some suggestions:
potato, carrot & parsnip
cauliflower & potato
potato, carrot, swede
pumpkin, potato & ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – January
Introduction:
Welcome to our new blog series! This year, we are going to post monthly blogs with loads of information about what to sow during that month, indoors and out, or what you can directly sow outside, and later, ...
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