The Vegetable Plot – April
Variety is the spice of life All things nice grow in your vegetable patch and...
Peas
The Vegetable Plot – January
Every good potato deserves flavour Off to the garden centre with you and pick...
Broad Beans
brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
December
endive
Garlic
Onion
Peas
Prune
Shallots
sow
spring onions
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The Vegetable Plot – December
Who grows where? The vegetable garden can be well stocked and growing through the winter...
Beetroot
Broccoli
brussels sprouts
carrots
lettuce
Peas
petit pois
potatoes
September
Spinach
spinach beet
sweetcorn
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The Vegetable Plot – September
The big freeze We easily forget we can freeze our home-grown vegetables and rightfully claim...
carrots
containers
Fruit
July
Lettuces
Peas
pots
sow
spring cabbage
swiss chard
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turnips
The Vegetable Plot – July
‘It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.’ Lewis Grizzard...
The Big Glut Recipe – May
Super spring salad It had to be something asparagus for this month’s Big Glut recipe...
artichokes
Beetroot
brassicas
Broad Beans
Broccoli
Garlic
Lettuces
March
Peas
seed potatoes
shallot
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vegetable garden
The Vegetable Plot – March
“There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic” – Louis Diat Well, as...
Arborio
Asparagus
Beans
butter
garlic cloves
July
mint leaves
Parmesan
Peas
Risotto
runner beans
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thyme
The Big Glut Recipe – July
Vegetable garden risotto A lovely way to use the beans, peas and asparagus from the...
The Vegetable Plot – January
Chitty, chitty bangers and mash Good old British weather permitting, digging over any plots that...
The Vegetable Plot – June
It’s all about the weather Wet, dry, last frosts, your vegetable plot needs attention according...
The Vegetable Plot – April
Get sowing now A good place to start your vegetable sowing is with peas but...
August
Beans
Beetroot
carrots
Cucumber
Harvest
Lettuces
Peas
Potato
Raspberries
Shallots
Tomato
Turnip
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The Vegetable Plot – August
Pick and Mix Harvest time for ripening vegetables. Carrots, beetroot, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and...
The Big Glut Recipe – June
Asparagus and courgette tart with peas Three of your five a day, with fresh vegetables...
The Big Glut Recipe – July
A summer pea and broad bean humous Pick your own fresh peas and broad beans...
This Month in your Garden – June
Enjoy your garden…. A little and often is a good gardening tip. Not trying to...
The Vegetable Plot – February
A lot to be getting on with… February is the month you can plant Jerusalem...