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Welsh Branch Championships of the NVS 1999
There is no doubt that over the past few years
Staging Vegetables on the Show Bench – Peas
Peas are a good example of a vegetable that’s easily
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 the right characteristics to match
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 that if you plant it
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 will be placed there. They
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 starting turning over the beds
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 is one other task you
Planting leek bulbils or pips
The actual pricking out of the pips is simple – carefully remove them from the head and visually examine the root plate to make certain