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Re-structuring the Back Garden
The beds were three courses of concrete blocks above soil
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Shallots
Traditionally, Shallots (Allium ascolonium) were always planted on the shortest day, the 21st December and harvested on the longest day,
Madhouse Time in the Greenhouses
It’s madhouse time over at the greenhouses in Bangor at the moment with everything needing to be done at the
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Salad Material
Salading or Salad vegetables are defined in the Royal Horticultural Society Show Handbook as ‘A vegetable used in either a
Backing up with an F1 Hybrid celery seed for the Chelsea Show. Transplanting young Onion Seedlings
Celery – there is nothing worse than having banked on a certain sowing only to find, for some reason or
Sowing and Growing Parsnips
Different growing mixtures, cultivars and timing makes the difference between show winning parsnips and the also ran. Sowing Parsnips It’s
Greenhouse Shelving, Benches and Lighting
Have a good think of how you can utilise space within your greenhouse. There are many different designs on shelving
Growing Your Own Vegetables – Broad Beans, Peas and Onions
It’s time now to turn over the soil for planting Broad beans, Peas and Onion sets directly outdoors. The ground
Covers for Carrot Beds and EEC Regulations on Pesticides
Might I suggest that you build yourself a temporary cover to go over your carrot beds, both for the long
Benefits of under soil heating and artificial lighting
When you have the benefit of under soil heating and artificial lighting it certainly extends your growing season considerably. This
Giant Vegetable Growing and an up-date on the Leeks
I was invited to have a look at Peter Glazebrook’s garden, the giant vegetable grower, just after I had finished