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Carrot crisis

By Jane Moore on 18/07/2007 10:56:00

, that carrots are Paul's favourite vegetable and he's not the greatest veg eater so I really want to encourage him on the carrot front. I guess I'm going to have to re-sow yet again and hope for warmer temperatures and dryer weather. What I really want


Hibernating snails

By Pippa Greenwood on 29/11/2007 10:12:02

am sad to see the back of summer (what summer?!!). But there is something else I am pleased about, in a perverse, time-saving sort of a way.Snails - not the small ones or the medium sized ones, just the large vegetable and ornamental plant


Still planting garlic

By Jane Moore on 15/02/2008 12:28:02

and March.I'm well aware that the more responsible and organised vegetable gardeners will be shaking their heads and tutting - I bet the likes of Adam Pasco and Pippa Greenwood had their garlic tucked up in its beds months ago - but I know I'm not the only


Gardening in gales, rain, and hail

By Pippa Greenwood on 13/03/2008 10:31:00

.Thankfully the numerous mini tunnels that adorn the vegetable plot were totally unmoved and the crops within them are perfect.


Preparing beds for planting

By Jane Moore on 14/03/2008 12:29:00

organic matter added to them. The richness of manured soil causes the roots to fork, becoming terrifically deformed and a nightmare to prepare for the pot. But they are really good for the kids' 'make an animal from a vegetable' competitions.My root beds


Purple sprouting broccoli

By Jane Moore on 20/03/2008 17:01:00

and winter roasts when there's been nothing else available.But now the mornings are getting lighter and brighter, the raspberries are starting to leaf up on the plot. I must confess I'm getting a tad bored of my usual selection of vegetables.So you might


Wood chip paths

By Jane Moore on 18/04/2008 12:54:00

and provide a lovely, springy, dry surface to walk on. This means I don't need to don my wellies if I've just nipped up to harvest a few vegetables for lunch.You can't top dress beds with fresh wood chips as they leach nitrogen from the soil during


Last of the leeks

By Jane Moore on 25/04/2008 11:49:00

I know I'm in danger of becoming a bit of a bore, raving on about my winter vegetables - but they have been truly marvellous. So it felt sad to harvest my final leeks this week. What a fine specimen I had left until last - tall, straight and pale


Weeds - dandelions

By Pippa Greenwood on 29/05/2008 13:22:00

or a bad thing - do they fill the rabbits up so they eat less of my vegetables, or do they merely serve as an appetizer, before the bunnies move on to my prized crops?). Dandelions are also popular with children, who love to pick the flowers and play


Flowering rhubarb

By Pippa Greenwood on 08/05/2008 12:56:00

instead of the edible stems I love so much. Rhubarb crowns were some of the first crops we planted in our vegetable garden. I scrounged them from my school friend's dad, who still lives at the end of the road where I was brought up. The crowns he gave us


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