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Save compost and time with this method for sowing larger seeds
Have you ever sowed a lot of large seeds like squash only to have a few come up? Then you think ‘what a waste of compost’! Well, as I’m running out of space in my ‘seed nursery’ in the living room, I decided I could only use the seeds which I knew would germinate –…
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Carrot sowing with a difference!
I told you the other day I had exciting carrot news to share with you, (weird thing to be saying I know), using a system of sowing which is totally new to me. If you remember, in a previous post, I showed how I used kitchen roll which I had dampened and sprinkled the carrot…
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Trying a new method for carrot seeds
The weather has continued to be absolutely rotten all weekend so there was no way an allotment trip was going ahead. Also I have managed to develop what I think is bursitis on my left knee so any sort of kneeling was out of the question. That meant indoor gardening…after making soup, chicken balti and…
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Seed Saving Experiment
I usually try to save some of my own seeds from plants I’ve grown in the year. This year I’ve managed to get: Tomato Nasturtium Peas Coriander Poppy Fennel (or dill, not sure!) Broad beans Calendula Cosmos I left a couple of onion plants on the plot which had grown seed heads. I haven’t tried…
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Whats the first thing you blogged about?
September – there’s something about this time of year that makes a lot of us reflective. Maybe its a natural feeling of things slowing down – although us gardeners or homeschoolers will tell you thats a myth! I’ve been pondering over my previous posts and it occurred to me, the first line I ever ‘blogged’…