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• summer

  
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  Barbecue season is upon us, the teenogre was seen without jumpe,r sunhats and factor 40 used in  earnest, and we have just dug our first potatoes. The elder flowers are out. Summer. It’s official.
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• Growing Crops: Citrus Trees

  
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  Grapefruits, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Tangerines…they’re like little balls of sunshine, particularly during the Fall and Winter months, when a great many varieties produce fruit. Contrary to what you may think, you don’t have to live in California or Florida to grow citrus trees. Did you know that citrus trees ...
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• Organic Gardening Season Returns!

  
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• Grow Your Own Celery

  
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  How many times have you bought a package or bunch of celery because of a recipe that called for just a few stalks, or just a few leaves? Not everyone thrills to the idea of snacking on celery, which means that a good portion of a full bunch could turn to inedible liquid in the fridge before anyone tries to eat it. ...
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• Reader Question: Vegan Citrus Fertilizer

  
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  Is there a good vegan citrus fertilizer for a Meyer lemon tree? After a lot of digging, I’m discovering that vegan citrus fertilizer is tough to find! A reader recently wrote in with a question about vegan citrus fertilizers. I dug up a little bit of info, but I’d love to hear your suggestions, too! Does ...
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• For The Love of Harvests

  
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  This time of year the harvest basket starts to fill with delicious goodness. No longer is it just greens of various shapes and sizes and a few strangling overwintered leeks. Last week we picked our very first strawberry, just one delicous berry and which we split. Then Friday evening, Mr Chiots harvested a few ...
  5 days ago

• 5 Reasons to Start a Container Garden

  
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  Thanks to container gardening, it’s possible for urbanites and apartment-dwellers to grow their own food – even when space is at a premium. Getting in on the grow-your-own-food movement through container gardening comes with plenty of perks Continue Reading
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• A Lot Ment

  
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  A lot of things going on at the allotment site. The weeds are teeming and it certainly is more work than I thought it would be. But slowly but surely it is starting to look like something, lets have a look. This is the patch that was first sown. The radishes have been harvested in the middle bit (reseeded ...
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• How does your garden grow?

  
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  It’s that time of the year went a lot of people grow various things in their gardens. So far this year we have Strawberries Blueberries Courgettes Potatoes Tomatoes Spinach Rocket Carrots Spring onions White onion Red onion Garlic Pears Beans As we are planting them in different stages we should have enough of ...
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• sowing, planting and harvesting w/e 18/5

  
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  sowing: climbing borlotti beans, barlotto lingua di fuoco 2, in modules in greenhouse squash, hasta la pasta – in propagator in greenhouse – old seeds mean bad germination squash, delicata – in propagator in greenhouse pumpkin, jack o lantern – in propagator pricking out: lettuce planting: tomato, ...
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• Five things I love about gardening

  
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  It’s a title I never thought I’d write, but lately I’ve started enjoying gardening more and more. It could just be age, or perhaps it’s that I live in a house at the moment with a garden that actually feels worth looking after, but whatever the case I wanted to embrace it, and think about what it is I love ...
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• Growing Crops: Collards

  
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  Collard greens are a staple in the Southeastern U.S., appearing alongside everything from fried chicken to BBQ ribs to Brunswick Stew. They are a member of the Brassica family, which makes them yet another cousin to the cabbage plant. Best Climate to Grow: They’re tough plants. They can take both hotter and colder ...
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• Growing Crops: Apples

  
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  Apple trees are tricky things. They often fall victim to diseases such as apple scab, powdery mildew, and fireblight. Apple tree propagation is done by grafting particular varieties onto specific rootstocks that determine the disease resistance, growth rate and eventual size of the adult trees. We do not recommend ...
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• Grow To Live: Learn how to grow your own veggies with Soil For Life

  
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  Some years back I decided I wanted to try my hand at growing at least some of my own fresh food. Undaunted by the fact that my postage stamp garden wasn’t likely to produce all that much, I decided to find a local food-growing course and hone my rather rudimentary skills. This led me to Soil For Life , a ...
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• Growing Crops: Cabbage

  
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  This post refers to common cabbage that you would put in coleslaw, rather than Chinese Cabbage – which we will cover soon! There are so many cabbage varieties, it’s difficult to know where to begin. The varieties you choose to grow will depend on when you want to harvest them – because cabbage can be [...]
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• sowing, planting and harvesting w/e 4/5

  
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  sowing: patty pan squash, custard white – in pots in propagator courgette – in pots in propagator sweetcorn, minipop – in modules in greenhouse sweetcorn, wagtail – in modules in greenhouse runner beans – in modules in greenhouse pricking out: tomatoes, gardeners delight – how late is that? oops ...
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• Garden Seeds – Heirloom, Organic, or What?

  
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  First of all, “bargain bin” seeds are no bargain. If you see packets of vegetable seed marked down to a ridiculously low price, ask yourself why they’re marked down. It might be that the retailer is trying to get rid of seeds that didn’t sell well (maybe rutabagas aren’t all that popular in your area [...]
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• On Orchards and Reattaching Limbs

  
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  One of the joys of moving from the city is having enough room to put in a small orchard. While our city garden did have a few small fruit trees , it was never going to be enough to supply our apple habit. We were fortunate enough to be able to bring our trees with us when we moved, so we already had a smallish ...
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• Mini Garden Tour: What’s Growing in Your Garden?

  
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  Here’s a peek into what’s growing in my raised bed and containers this spring. I’d love to hear how your gardens are growing, too! Our lemon tree is getting ready to bloom! That tiny purple bud will burst open any day. I was super inspired by Patricia’s edible garden photo essay last week, so over ...
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• Change is coming to Rosendale Allotments!

  
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  Not many people know that hidden behind the houses in Rosendale Road is one of the largest allotment sites in London. There are over 450 plots, spread out over a hill where from the top the views over London are magnificent. Plot holders can see the towering City buildings, The o2 , the London Eye  and in ...
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