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Pickling Onions and Shallots: Pickling is a great way to preserve your homegrown crop of baby onions or shallots. It’s easier than it sounds, so don’t hesitate – get stuck in using our… [1458 views in Feb]
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When to Harvest Your Vegetables: Picking each crop at its peak of freshness and flavour is key to a successful harvest. In this article, we'll discuss the best time to harvest each… [852 views in Feb]
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Everything You Need To Know About Brassica Vegetables: Packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, brassicas are the powerhouses of the vegetable kingdom. With its long… [440 views in Feb]
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Growing Cucumbers: Cool, crisp cucumbers are perfect in summer salads or on their own with sour cream and fresh dill, and if you can grow this classic British vegetable in your own… [420 views in Feb]
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Vegetable Crop Rotation: For healthy soil and high yields, it’s a good idea to practise crop rotation. With crop rotation, vegetables in the same botanical family are grown in a different… [402 views in Feb]
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Refrigeration Tips: Keeping Vegetables Fresh: If you're like most people, you unpack your groceries and plunk your vegetables into the refrigerator without a second thought. Did… [402 views in Feb]
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VegetableExpert
Re: Growing Vegetables, Month by Month
@JP - where to start is a good question. Broccoli, cabbage, peas are good to start with. Broccoli is tasty and easy to…
10 February 2015 -
VegetableExpert
Re: Pickling Onions and Shallots
@Mable - thanks for the advice, tips like this are always helpful.
2 February 2015 -
Mable
Re: Pickling Onions and Shallots
I always pour boiling water over onions to be pickled leaving to stand until I can handle onions the skins will slide off without…
31 January 2015 -
Jess
Re: Pickling Onions and Shallots
@campervan - You need to use good quality cider vinegar and perhaps next time use a little less than the amount suggested as you…
24 November 2014 -
Campervan
Re: Pickling Onions and Shallots
I made some cranberry chutney early this year.....hoping they would do as Christmas presents for this year,but when I have tried…
22 November 2014 -
skinny
Re: Pickling Onions and Shallots
does anyone know the the name of black shallots ?
12 October 2014 -
Pauleen
Re: Growing Squash and Pumpkins
I am growing butternut squash in my patio tub the squash gets to bout one 1inch and falls off it seems mine is a climbing one and…
16 August 2014 -
sunshine
Re: Growing Squash and Pumpkins
I am growing small squashes in patio tubs when the small fruits get to about 1 inch wide they start to drop off can you help please
13 July 2014 -
paulus
Re: When to Harvest Your Vegetables
I planted some carrot seedlings in a mixture of new top soil, sand and compost all of equal measurements and about 8/10 cm…
6 July 2014
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