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Aiming for Success with Celery
Celery hasn’t been one of my vegetable successes over the
The Back Bone of any Vegetable Display – Celery and Large Onions
Even though I was absolutely thrilled to win a Gold
A Late Date for the NVS Championships
The National Vegetable Society Championships have always been the highlight of my exhibiting season but they have never to my
Getting Going with the Potatoes
Once you have the potatoes to hand you should then prepare them for chitting, this is a the name given
Christmas – Sowing your Onions
One thing to remember is that when sowing this early in the season, you must have heat and ideally you
Winter Solstice – Shallots
The 21st of December is, of course, the shortest day and traditionally the date for planting your shallots but, as
Re-selecting Seed for Long and Short Carrots
If you have re planted your own carrot for seed production you should have chosen a specimen that has all
Seed Heads – Large Exhibition Onions
If you happen to have had a particularly good onion and you want to save it for seed do remember
Artificial Lighting and Heating – Leeks and Onions
The growing cabinet has been completed and this weekend all the leeks that I started away a few weeks ago
Re-structuring the Back Garden
The beds were three courses of concrete blocks above soil level and the proof of the pudding came when I
Seed or Bulbils from your Stock Leeks
If by now you have removed all the seed heads containing either seed or bulbils from your stock leeks, there
Planting leek bulbils or pips
The actual pricking out of the pips is simple – carefully remove them from the head and visually examine the