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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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, ...
Continue reading Grow Your Own in 2021 – January
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!
This article covers the ...
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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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This Week: Autumn Seed Sowing
You might think that spring and summer are the only times of year to sow new seed to grow food, but autumn and winter are also great times to start crops off! There are some varieties of food that need starting now and will ...
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This Week: Soft Fruits
Soft fruits are perfect for planting during the late autumn and winter months so that they are ready to get growing in spring! Maybe start your Christmas shopping early and treat yourself to some new plants?
What Are Soft ...
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This Week: Growing Herbs
These articles were written pre-lockdown, but you can still buy fresh herb plants in the shops or online.
What Are Herbs?
Herbs are plants that secrete smells which are actually there to deter predators, but ...
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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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