Introduction:
December is the time to relax and plan for next year. Take time this month to go through catalogues to decide what to grow, speak to other gardeners and allotmenteers to get inspiration, clean your pots and ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – November
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The garden is starting to slow down now, and without shelter most crops won’t grow very well. If you have planned and planted throughout the year, you should have crops available to harvest well into ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – October
Introduction:
If you are new to growing you may think that seeds can only be sown in spring, and then crops harvested in late summer and autumn, and then there’s nothing to do until the next spring. Well we’re very pleased ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – September
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The edible garden in September is starting to wind down and you should be mostly harvesting what’s left. It’s also a good time to start clearing beds, covering with cardboard, and leaving them for the next ...
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Grow Your Own in 2021 – July
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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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Grow Your Own in 2021 – June
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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
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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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This Week: Winter Seed Sowing
Winter is traditionally the time that onions and garlic are started, but there are also lots of other food crops that can be started now, some for an early spring harvest, and some for next winter!
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Don’t Throw Away Your Pumpkin!
Happy Halloween! If you are anything like me, this one day actually starts on the 1st October. I harvest my pumpkins at the end of September so that they have enough time to cure and harden, ready for carving and using at the ...
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