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Growing radicchio

By Lila Das Gupta on 06/08/2010 15:11:52

which you find in bought bags of mixed salad, the Treviso type -  the name is protected under EU law - is upright with a more fibrous stalk, which is often baked in olive oil and served before a meal with a little balsamic vinegar. It's a little bitter


Growing potatoes

By Lila Das Gupta on 08/01/2010 16:33:03

the frosts came the potatoes were moved into the greenhouse for protection. This year, the best of the crop by far - and one of my favourite potatoes, was 'Red Duke of York'. I'll certainly be repeating the experiment again next year in an attempt to grow


Growing cut flowers on the allotment

By Lila Das Gupta on 18/03/2010 16:53:15

the distractions of computers and mobile phones, it seems that 11-year-old young ladies still imagine themselves frolicking in a flower garden with a trug across their arm.We've already got a bed of blood-red dahlias, which provide a lot of flowers for the house


'Grow Your Own' Week: Growing globe artichokes

By Lila Das Gupta on 02/04/2010 09:34:02

the stalks off to about 5cm.2)   Put them in water that's had lemon juice added (this stops them going black).3)   Chop one tablespoon of mint, three tablespoons of parsley, two cloves of garlic then add to the juice of one lemon and 100ml of olive oil


Growing garlic

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

shoots 10cm high, apply sulphate of potash at 100g per square metre.March: Continue weeding and hoeing but take care not to damage bulbs. Planting may continue though bulbs will be smaller.April: Keep up regular watering in dry weather. Use a fungicide


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