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Emptying the plot

September 9, 2009

Empty plotAs summer draws to a close, we have emptied out the vegetable plot, leaving only the parsnips in place, and the option of planting some new crops.

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What seeds should you plant in April?

April 3, 2008

Dwarf French BeansWith April now upon us, spring is most definitely sprung. The forecast for this weekend – in the UK, at least – may be for snow and ice (again) but as the air generally warms up, it’s time to start planting in earnest. Here are five crops you should have near the top of your list.

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What food is in season in March?

March 2, 2008

CarrotIt may feel spring-like, but we’re still in the closing days of winter, and our diets should reflect that. Root vegetables are still ripe for harvesting, and we haven’t yet moved into spring or summer when we can start working with salad varieties. Here’s our guide to enjoying the best of the late winter crops.

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What seeds should you plant in March?

March 1, 2008

Dwarf French BeansAs March arrives, things are starting to warm up, and it’s time to start planting some of the hardier crops, ready for sprouting in the spring. Here’s out guide to the top five crops you should be getting into the ground right now, ready for harvesting later in the year.

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What seeds should you plant in February?

February 2, 2008

It’s the start of a new month, so time to plan what should be planted in February. It’s not yet properly spring and conditions are cold, so the more you can start off in pots in the greenhouse or under cover, the better. Here we’ve picked five key crops. Most can be put straight into the plot.

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The pre-spring clear-up

January 7, 2008

The garden has been a bit neglected since Christmas. The lawn doesn’t need mowing at this time of year, of course, and apart from the daffodil bulbs coming up there’s not much happening with flowers, but the plot was getting decidedly weedy and the greenhouse was cluttered with old pots and plants that never quite [...]

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The plot in 2008

January 1, 2008

Today being the first day of the new year, we sat down with the seed catalogues and planned what we’d plant in 2008.
We settled on carrots, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, beetroot, beans (French, runner and Borlotto), globe artichokes, strawberries, raspberries, chillies, sweetcorn and squash. As I thought we would, we’ve ruled out sprouts and broccoli for [...]

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Sprouts

December 24, 2007

Sprouts on the scale
It’s Christmas, so we’ve started picking the sprouts. Well, it’s tradition, isn’t it.
Our crop extends to six plants in total, and on each one there must be 40 good sprouts, so we picked off 130g the other day for dinner, and took another 1.2kg today, which we prepared for Christmas lunch tomorrow.
It’s [...]

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Last of the beetroot, end of the squash

November 22, 2007

This weekend, in between accepting deliveries of slabs in preparation for the shed’s Friday erection (it’s currently stacked up on the patio as a series of panels) we gave the plot a good clear out.
We took out the dwarf French beans, which had come to nothing, the pepper trees that had succumbed to the frost, [...]

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Frostbite

November 1, 2007

Dead pepper tree
The first frosts of winter have been genocide to the plot. While the sprouts may only improve with some extreme chilling, the dwarf French beans, the pepper plants and all but two of the squash plants have been killed off.
It’s left it in a sorry state, and at the same time revealed how [...]

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