Garlic can be planted in either the autumn or the spring. It will be clearly labelled when it’s purchased. I have always found it best to plant garlic in October/November, as garlic requires a long growing season and coldness…
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This blog is about our experiences in growing fruit and vegetables, from seed through to harvest.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Pruning Fruit Trees
In February 2013 we acquired plot 4 at Choice Allotments, St Leonards, Sussex. We were overly excited as it came with FIVE established fruit trees: Two pear trees, two cherry trees and a plum tree. I was thinking about…
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Growing Peas
Peas form part of the legume family and are one of the oldest cultivated vegetables in the world. They are very well suited to cooler climates, and are certainly not keen on hot weather, so they are best grown as…
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Growing Leeks
Leeks are members of the alliums family. Leeks grow best in a sunny position, in free-draining, fertile soil. There are essentially two things that leeks need to grown well: nitrogen and moist soil (sorry I know you hate those words,…
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Growing Courgettes
Courgettes originate from central and South America where they have been eaten for thousands of years. Christopher Columbus brought them to the Mediterranean around 500 years ago. The varieties that we grow today evolved in Italy, most probably at the…
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Understanding Fertilizers
During the growing season, vegetables use up a huge amount of the soils nutrients, so it’s important to replenish depleted nutrition. Fertilizers are derived from animal or vegetable matter and can be organic or synthetically produced with chemicals. The advantage…
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Choice Allotments, St Leonards on Sea
Burgess Buttercup squash
Pear from the communal tree.
The last bunch of sweet peas, 2013
Victoria plums
Globe Artichoke. Plot one
Globe Artichoke, leaves emerging spring 2014
Cabbage… before they were eaten by snails and slugs
There are plenty of ladybirds around this spring
Sweet pea
Garlic scapes
Eschscholzia californica
Discovery Apple blosson
Chives
Cabbage white catepillars
Slug caught munching on a squash flower
Dandelion
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