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Below are 5 recent questions from the 'Ask Our Expert' section:

Are There Any Schemes to Help Allotment Holders?

There are associations and schemes that help allotment holders, growing their own vegetables, buy cheap seeds or get insurance, as well as providing...

How Can I Grow and Cook Kidney Beans?

’Kidney’ is the old-fashioned word for French beans, referring to any variety of haricot or runner beans. Older allotment holders still refer to any...

Tomato Growing on a Cucumber Plant?

The likelihood of an actual tomato growing from a cucumber plant is nigh on impossible. This is largely because the two plants are a completely...

What Insect is Feeding on my Vegetables?

It’s very hard to give a specific answer without seeing the insect in question. The best we can do is offer some general suggestions for preventing...

What Vegetables would be Suitable for Our Project?

For this sort of a project, you’re probably best off principally going for the sorts of vegetables that you can plant in situ and won’t require too...