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Growing garlic

By Lila Das Gupta on 08/07/2010 16:19:39

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is always a good place to look for new 'grow your own' ideas.  The Growing Tastes Marquee this year was better than ever: my highlights for 2010 were garlic and blueberries.I could smell The Garlic Farm's beautiful


New plants for 2009

By Adam Pasco on 15/12/2008 13:17:56

' that form part of my garden every year, such as coriander, salad leaves, dwarf sunflowers and 'Gardeners' Delight' tomatoes. I can't cut back on any of these, but then there are new varieties to try, as they all look so much better than my tried and tested


Controlling slugs and snails with copper

By Adam Pasco on 06/07/2009 10:38:37

not protect have become the inevitable slug food!With this success behind me I'm now going to explore how to protect raised beds of lettuce and salad leaves from slugs. If I begin with a slug-free bed, then attach a copper band round the timber edges, perhaps


Growing shallots

By Lila Das Gupta on 22/01/2010 14:31:06

When I first started growing shallots I did so on the advice of Sam, on our allotment (aged 90 he was still tending his plot twice a day). He told me to plant shallots on the shortest day and harvest them on the longest. I'm a bit more haphazard


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