Author: Adam Leone
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Planting broad beans: Bunyards Exhibition
In the last few weeks my broad beans have gone from strength to strength. Not so long ago I separated them into their own pots and no less than a month later I’ve decided to the plant them out. They’ve reached about 30cm in height and they’re drying out relatively…
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Making a herb garden
No kitchen would be complete without a herb garden and fresh herbs can really make the difference to a dish. It was quite awesome because I managed to get my lovely girlfriend, Monika interested in growing your own. She took the initiative to make a herb garden and sow eight…
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Planting Strawberries: Elsanta
So I was at my local B&Q and I noticed that they were selling 12 strawberry plants for £10, bargain! The variety of strawberry they were selling was Elsanta, a well tested and well-grown variety. It’s so well grown that the majority of strawberries found in UK supermarkets are Elsanta.…
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Sowing Cabbage: Savoy King F1
Savoy Cabbage for me has to be the king of cabbages, they’re big, they’re tasty, they’re crinkly, incredibly good for you and they look great in the garden or allotment. I’ve chosen to grow Savoy King F1 – this variety is a very popular, second-early, savoy-type hybrid. It’s also quite…
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Sowing Courgettes: Atena F1 and Defender F1
Courgettes are a great fruit to grow and so easy to. They’ve been grown for thousands of years and during that time they’ve gone in and out of fashion. Courgettes get a bad rep for being watery and tasteless but these recipes by Nigel Slater or Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall show that…
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Separating Lettuce: Tom Thumb
Separating lettuce is a quite a fiddly process and in the past I’ve found that I’ve run into trouble with lettuce because they bolt all at the same time and I’m left with a mountain of lettuce that needs to be eaten before it goes off. When I planted the Tom…
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