The Garden Archive

Another easy to grow vegetable/herb (depending on what you call it!) is Garlic. Garlic is extremely easy to grow and requires virtually no input once it’s in the ground. It does prefer a sunny spot but the colder the weather, the stronger the garlic too....

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I’ve made an active decision to get our garden cleared up and get some strawberry plants into the ground. I didn’t do this last year as there was just no real space and the sun didn’t get in the garden, but after a ‘pruning’ session...

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So the gardening year is coming to end for us. We’ve still got our main crop potatoes on the go plus some carrots which we just pull up when we need some, however the rest of the plants are finished with. Next year isn’t going...

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It’s been a while I know but I’ve been busy with my gardening! I’m still growing everything out of pots, wooden troughs (made by my Dad!) and hanging baskets. This year it’s been much easier with the heated propogator that I bought back in January,...

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A week after sowing my first seeds of the year, my first seedlings have made an appearance! I’ve now got 3 tomato plant seedlings showing through, the first popped up after just 5 days I’ve also planted some hot chilli plant seeds (scotch bonnet and...

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