The Vegetable Plot – January
Every good potato deserves flavour Off to the garden centre with you and pick...
Cabbage
Beetroot
brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Chicory
December
kale
leeks
lettuce
mushrooms
shiitake mushrooms
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The Vegetable Plot – December
“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in...
The Vegetable Plot – November
“Growing your own food is like printing your own money” Ron Finley What is in...
autumn
Beetroot
Cabbage
fennel
Greenhouse
July
marjoram
Mint
spinach beet
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turnips
The Vegetable Plot – July
“An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make...
Cabbage
Clay Soil
cloches
Jerusalem Artichoke
lettuce
polythene
Radishes
Shallots
soil
Strawberries
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Vegetable Plot
The Vegetable Plot – February
Don’t forget to make the bed The likelihood of late frosts that break down soil...
The Vegetable Plot – January
Chitty, chitty bangers and mash Good old British weather permitting, digging over any plots that...
The Vegetable Plot – October
The weeds will keep you hoeing Early October and planting spring cabbages from August sowings,...
The Vegetable Plot – September
Where the mistress is the master, parsley grows the faster Just one of many old...
The Vegetable Plot – September
The big glut month for vegetables The Anglo Saxons called September ‘barley month’ because it...
The Vegetable Plot – June
The plot develops With the vegetables filling out the area there’s usually less weeding to...
The Vegetable Plot – October
The vegetable store Time to lift carrots, beetroot and turnips if you haven’t already done...
The Vegetable Plot – June
The root of the problem At about this time of year young brassicas, that’s cabbages,...
The Vegetable Plot – May
Successional success Once again you can make a number of sowings to provide vegetables after...
The Vegetable Plot – April
As April progresses you can get sowing with summer vegetables outdoors. Peas are a good...