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Don’t miss a crop with our spring planting guide
01 April 2013
Snow. Sunshine. More snow. The 2013 growing season is stylishly late, but sowing can’t wait any longer. Yes, now is the time to wake up your seeds from their winter snooze. Fresh from our time with lively Master Gardeners at spring shows and latest training, here’s Garden Organic’s summary of what to plant this spring. [...]Posted in Featured, Growing tips0 Comments
Keep your plate full with succession sowing
08 March 2013
Some vegetables are too eager. They race for maturity, but deteriorate if not picked, leaving you to eat a season’s quota of your favourite crop in one go. Just too many radish. The trick is staggering harvest times by sowing seeds little and often in ‘succession’. You can keep your plate evenly full by growing [...]Posted in Featured, Growing tips, Vegetables0 Comments
Growing for February… my way
28 January 2013
By Jacob Morris. February is the earliest spring moment after our very wet winter. The moist ground is perfect for gardening. Personally, this is my time for sowing carrots. Carrots are a very easy crop to grow and you never be disappointed with the outcome. I would leave sowing until the middle of February, but [...]Posted in Growing tips0 Comments
How to grow your seed potatoes
09 January 2013
Now is the time to celebrate the spud with Garden Organic’s National Potato day on the 26 and 27 January 2013 and other themed events this month around the UK. Wake up your new seed-potatoes by ‘chitting’. This gives the keenest start. Pop your seed-potatoes in a clean egg box ‘rose’ [...]Posted in Featured, Growing tips, Vegetables0 Comments
Growing for December: the perfect plate of festive food
06 December 2012
By Rubi Ingaglia With the festive season approaching the thought of snuggling up with a mug of hot chocolate sounds appealing, but the December garden has lots to offer. A cold stint in the allotment won’t seem so painful compared to the tasting of fresh, organic ingredients that will compliment your Christmas roast delightfully. Here [...]Posted in Fruit, Growing tips, Herbs, Vegetables0 Comments
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