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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 17 May

Well. Okay, so maybe I have gone a bit OTT with that , but I kid you not ….there are about a dozen little cauliflower shoots that have come through overnight. I am so pleased. Obviously nothing is guaranteed, they may not grow,...

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My first seedlings are through …..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 16 May

You remember during the week I said I had planted my seeds…. Veggies and herbs …. Well, I’m so excited to tell you …… My cauliflowers are coming through. Okay, so calm down Traceyjayne …..it’s only two at the moment ….but hey !...

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Egg and cress sandwiches for tea…..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 30 Apr

So, I have posted that I am growing my own cress now….extremely easy and a tiny fraction of the price of that in the shops. Takes only days to grow and be ready for eating. I took a punnet round to Moms the other day and the...

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Could you grow all your fruit and veg ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 9 Mar

Just wondering …. If you needed to , do you think that you could grow all the fruit and veggies that you would need to see you through a year ? I think veggies would be easier but it could be done … What veggies would you grow...

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Is there anything you eat that others consider waste?

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 13 Nov

I know some people cut the green leaves off leeks and spring onions, for example, and just throw those away. We use all of those, plus young leaves around the cauliflower, the stalks of broccoli (partner loves this roasted),...

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Some things didn’t turn out so bad

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 5 Nov

It hasn’t been a great year for the garden. It started off OK but the summer was very dry. It wasn’t as hot as some of the recent summers have been, thankfully, but the lack of rain was a real issue. Although I have ten water...

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Inspired to dehydrate some cherry tomatoes ….wish me luck !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 5 Sep

As I have been posting over the last few weeks, some may be aware that my cherry tomato plant have gone wild this year. We pick loads every day but simply can not keep up with how many are growing. We only have three plants too....

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It’s that time of year…

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 21 Aug

It’s that time of year when, after waiting eagerly for some fresh home-grown produce, we get overwhelmed, in this case with climbing beans and courgettes (zucchini). Last week was even worse because Little One and I were away (and...

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What veggies should I grow ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 27 Jul

I have grown some veggies in the past ….but want to do more next year ….we have a fairly small garden so space is limited , but I have been thinking about what I should grow….i know it’s really down to personal choice of what we...

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What happens if you don’t eat your artichokes

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 18 Jul

Little One is partial to artichokes, and since she isn’t a great fan of vegetables in general I thought I would try growing some for her. This has been a partial success (I have one plant, which is surviving and produces a few,...

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Had the first cherry tomatoes from our plants with lunch…..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 16 Jul

A neighbour gave me three cherry tomato plants a couple of months ago …..I love all tomatoes but there is something about the small cherry ones that I really like. They are easy to snack on. This year I have more flowers than e er...

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Seizing the moment!

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 9 Feb 24

My partner is especially fond of cherries. And neither of us is keen on mowing the grass (bear with me here!) So we tentatively decided a while ago that we would dig out some of the grass and plant a row of cherry trees...

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Growing potatoes in grass clippings

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 3 May 23

I came across this idea a year or two ago. Instead of earthing up potato plants in the usual way, dragging earth up around them as they grow, I found the suggestion that they could be grown in hay instead, or in grass...

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My vegetable patch in spring

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 27 Apr 23

I have quite a productive vegetable patch and by early June it generally looks more like a jungle and I’m struggling to find any space to squeeze more things in. But at the moment it’s pretty empty – just some kale left from last...

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A handy little trick

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 22 Mar 23

I’m a keen gardener and have been tending my own garden and growing vegetables for quite some years now. But there is always something new to learn. I picked up a handy little tip the other day from one of my favourite YouTube...

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I’m glad I’m not a farmer

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 23 Feb 23

For a few decades now we (in Britain) have become used to being able to buy whatever foods we want any time of year. Forget the idea of eating parsnips and turnips in winter, peas and lettuce in summer, and looking forward to the...

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I missed my chance!

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 12 Dec 22

The last few weeks have been so ridiculously mild that it was far more like September. I was lulled into a false sense of security. I picked the last few tomatoes in November! This is unheard of! So I foolishly thought I didn’t...

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More experiments

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 5 Nov 22

Apart from an extensive nasturtium patch, the other thing we have a lot of at the moment is grapes. My partner’s parents gave us a seedless grapevine as a house-warming present when we moved here and it seems to like its home....

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Not quite as altruistic as it looks!

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 29 Oct 22

Autumn is here and the leaves are falling everywhere. The little road we live on has a lot of overhanging trees so of course that means lots of leaves on the ground. Passing cars soon squash them into mush and that means a lot...

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My attempts to grow sweetcorn

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 15 Sep 22

I first tried to grow sweetcorn a couple of years ago. I grew a few plants and they did OK, but my main problem was that I didn’t know when to harvest the cobs so I think I waited rather too long. Last year was a bit better, but...

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