Seed potatoes are readily available from garden centres and seed merchants from early January, offering many different varieties to chose from. Produced to be disease-free they offer the best possible start with growing your own potatoes. You may have come across a gardening term called 'chitting' or 'chit', so what does this mean exactly? Chitting… Continue reading Chitting Seed Potatoes
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How to Plant Raspberries
Snacking on juicy raspberries warm from the sun is a true joy, Plot 5 now has a raspberry bed and I can't wait to pick the very first berries. The variety I planted on my allotment is 'Polka' which is autumn fruiting. Space is limited on my plot so I can only plant one type… Continue reading How to Plant Raspberries
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How to Grow Garlic
Garlic adds wonderful flavours to home cooking and has amazing health benefits. It's so simple to grow, just keep some back each year for replanting and you'll probably never need to buy it again. Ideally you should use seed garlic for planting which come in packs of 2 or 3 bulbs, it’s not actually little seeds… Continue reading How to Grow Garlic
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How to Propagate Strawberries From Runners
My strawberry plants were mere babies when planted in spring so I wasn't expecting great things from them in their first year, then red ants decided my strawberry patch looked cosy (sandy soil in that particular area being the reason) and decided to move in. I lost half my plants down one side of the… Continue reading How to Propagate Strawberries From Runners
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