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New year, not-so-new me
Remembering a time of plenty: sweetpeas and sweet rocket in my garden last June So here it is, then. Hello, 2015! Actually it feels much like 2014, if I’m honest. Now, I like an excuse for a party as...
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Living on the edge
Sleepers edging beds on a large scale in the veg garden at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea I have been thinking a lot about the edges of things lately. As m’learned colleague James recently demonstrated,...
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Life in the greenhouse: January
Greenhouse no. 1: salad plug plants not so successful, pak choi more so. And the peppers are still going strong! January is not the best month in the greenhouse. We’re at that stage of the year where...
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Pick of the month: January
Jerusalem artichoke It may not look like it, but this is treasure I’m cheating a little here as this particular Jerusalem artichoke isn’t in my garden – though it soon will be. It’s growing, a little...
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Baring all
Three of the four gooseberries waiting to be planted: 'Invicta', 'Whinham's Industry' and 'Greenfinch' in case you're interested (the other is 'Careless') Last chance saloon for planting bare root...
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Life in the greenhouse: February
This month it's all about greenhouse no. 2: a bit scruffy at the moment, but it's frost-free, equipped with a heated propagator, and about to become a seedling-generating powerhouse There… can you hear...
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In need of support
Broad beans grow straighter when among bamboo cane grids The longer I go on growing my own veg, the more support I need. It was all so simple when I started. All I needed was a few little wigwams. You...
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Peas please
Last month's sowing of 'Meteor' in the cold frame hardening off There is more than one way to plant a pea. This could be the conclusion of my entire 20+ years of growing my own veg, in fact, neatly...
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So long, and thanks for all the fish
Here's where I started: my allotment, six years ago I have had a simply lovely time over the half-dozen years or so since I started this blog. Since July 2009, when I began by writing rather shyly...
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