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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This week: Growing Salad Crops
Sow and Grow with The Conservation Volunteers in Birmingham
Salad Growing in the UK
Most salad crops grow well in the UK. I grow mine both on my allotment and at home in raised beds in the back garden, but you can easily ...
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An Introduction to Growing Your Own
Sow and Grow with The Conservation Volunteers in Birmingham
During these strange times, The Conservation Volunteers in Birmingham will be encouraging people to grow their own food in their gardens, on windowsills, or at an ...
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Long thyme no see
Hello Everyone!
It’s been a while but the thyme has come to reignite this blog. I am a fan of puns, so please bear with me as I leaf my way through a list of them.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have suspended all of ...
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Garden Year – March
Spring is now well and truly upon us and the TCV Health for Life Team have are well prepared for the new season; we've got potatoes chitting in egg boxes and seed trays for all of the sites, the bed have been turned and ...
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Garden Year – February
After a month’s worth of digging, digging and a little more digging for most it’s time to put down the fork and spade and begin to sow your first crops of the year. There are still plenty of jobs to do around the garden ...
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Pruning and Tree Care Event – QE
It was a brisk January morning when a team of volunteers descended on the QE Orchards for a tree care and pruning day this weekend. People from all over the city came along to take care of the juvenile trees that were planted ...
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Garden Year – Janurary
The Growing Year – January
January has got to be one of the most hated months of the year; ten pounds of weight heavier and a few more than that in cash lighter. It’s generally cold and grey and the glow of the summer sun ...
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Garden jobs in January
Finish digging your growing space. Clean pots and containers so they are free from pests and disease, dig compost or well-rotted manure in to your soil; and expose insect eggs to any frost. Finish harvesting any brassicas or ...
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Horticultural Show & Food Festival 2015
We're delighted to announce that we have a second horticultural show combined with a food festival at Winterbourne Gardens, University of Birmingham this year.
Sunday 13 September will see TCV and the Health for Life ...
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