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Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 26 Sep 22

For some reason I never seem to have much success in growing basil from seed (I know, it’s really easy, right?) so instead I usually buy one of those pots of ‘growing herbs’ from the supermarket. Since each pot is basically a...

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What’s eating my brassicas?

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 18 Jun 22

A couple of months ago I was very busy sowing seeds of all sorts, mainly vegetables, to stock my plot. Among the seeds I sowed were Brussels sprouts, summer cabbages, ‘Cavalo nero’ kale, purple-sprouting broccoli and cauliflowers....

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A big surprise!

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 4 May 22

I try to grow quite a lot of vegetables, with varying degrees of success. Normally I can manage tomatoes, courgettes (zucchini), assorted beans, a few peas and plenty of kale and spinach, but I’ve had very limited success with...

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Do you have a preferred variety of chilli pepper?

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 29 Nov 21

Chillies are one of the things that grow easily in my greenhouse, and also a useful crop because they are relatively expensive to buy, they are quite prolific and they are easy to store and don’t take up a lot of space, so I can...

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What happens if you miss harvesting some of your garlic

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 25 Nov 21

I used to grow a lot of garlic - it’s quite easy to grow and likes our climate so it was no trouble to grow enough to last us most of the year. But 20 years ago a new pest, allium leaf miner, arrived in the UK and has been...

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Salsa verde

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 25 Nov 21

So I was looking for things to make with parsley, and discovered salsa verde which, as @LadyDuck has mentioned, is a traditional Italian accompaniment to meat and fish. I found what seemed like a believable recipe online so...

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Manna from Heaven!

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 5 Nov 21

Well that’s my take on fallen leaves anyway. I’ve been sweeping the paths and the parking area and even the nearby roadsides collecting up the fallen leaves for my garden. I think the neighbours and passers by must think I am...

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There’s a mouse in my (green)house!

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 7 Oct 21

When we moved to this house we gained a very nice greenhouse. This year it has been filled with cherry tomatoes, peppers and chillies, and a couple of cucamelons.# The tomatoes all did well, as did the chillies which were super...

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From one extreme to another!

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 28 May 21

At the start of April we had lovely warm spring weather. But then it suddenly turned chilly with really cold winds, and that lasted until the start of this week - days were really cool, if not outright cold, with a chill wind. I...

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I think I will be turning orange!

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 10 Jan 21

No I’m not becoming a Trump supporter; I’ve just been eating too many squashes (with quite a lot of carrots thrown in too, since they are one of the few vegetables Little One will eat). Seriously though, this autumn I had a...

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Home-made raisins

Fleur @Fleura (35160) • United Kingdom 5 Jan 21

I meant to post about these before, but I forgot. We were given a grape vine by my partner’s parents as a housewarming gift when we moved just over 4 years ago. It’s a vine called ‘Lakemont’ that produces seedless green grapes....

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Allotments? Do you have them in your country?

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 25 Nov 12

Here in dear old blighty we have the allotment system, whereby a person can apply and rent for a pittance a small packet of land for cultivation of food. The area of such allotments is 10 poles, for all you modern people that's...

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Its rhubarb crumble day =o)

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 2 May 10

Yesterday, I went out and pulled all the rhubarb, - the first crop of the year - cut it up and cooked it. So, today we'll have rhubarb crumble. I saved some porridge oats to add to the crumble mix and we'll have it with cream,...

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What's in your garden this year?

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 17 May 09

According to an article I read seed sales have rose this year due to the recession. I have always had a garden to gorw my own veggies so I never paid much attention to the whole gardening-recession info. I just naturally add more...

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Working in dirt

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 25 Mar 09

Well today I made the time to work on the garden. I moved cinders around to make a 3x3 bed for the tomatoes. I stacked two tires and replanted the squash the dog dug up. I put the earthbox up on cinders and planted peas and beans...

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I have baby plants

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 21 Aug 08

I went to the garage (our container garden has been in there cause of Fay) to check on my garden and the beans I planted the other day have one inch sprouts coming up!! I am so excited! The other seeds I planted are still not...

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sprouts

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So I started seeds yesterday

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 18 Aug 08

I did a little planting yesterday. I started zuchinni,spinach,mixed bell peppers,bell peppers,watermellons and chives from seeds. We will see how they grow. I am eventually going ot invest in a grow light. I love growing my own...

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veggies

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Have you ever used one of those "grow your own grass" kits for your cat?

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 13 Aug 08

I bought a couple of Kittycat Grass kits for my Bigguy because they say they are good for indoor cats. I've only done one and am surprised at the amount of grass that has grown and how high it is! Now I'm trying to figure out how...

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Do you make anything from your garden produce?

nancygibson @nancygibson (3736) • France 29 Apr 08

Some people grow veg and fruit, others pick flowers and make dried arrangements, others gather herbs for remedies, or plants for natural dyes, scent, or other craft purposes. What do you make with the produce of your garden?

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Soaring world food prices

MichaelJay @MichaelJay (1100) 23 Apr 08

Figures out today show that food prices in UK have gone up by 15% over last year. Some individual foods such as butter and eggs have almost doubled in price at the supermarket. An interesting by product is that sales of vgetable...

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