The Garden Archive

  • Gardening Update

    Gardening Update

    Following on from my post last week about my new propogator, this weekend I finally got the time to get my first set of seeds on the go. At present we’ve got dwarf beans and courgettes going in peat pots, and then chillis, leeks and...

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  • Using a Heated Propagator

    Using a Heated Propagator

    Today I finally got my heated propagator, ready to get my seeds going earlier than usual. You may wonder why I would start a couple of months earlier than the packets suggest. My reason is that in the last few years in the UK the...

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  • Growing Garlic

    Growing Garlic

    I first grew my own garlic a few years ago, and had mixed success (mainly due to the position of the garlic I think). For the last two winters I’ve not really had the motivation to do much in the garden, but this year I’ve...

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  • Chilli Plant Update

    Chilli Plant Update

    Back in July I mentioned that our chilli plants had gone a bit dormant after I repotted them and moved them outside. Clearly our cold British climate is just not making them happy! Since moving them all back indoors (we now have a conservatory which...

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  • Fresh Pickings!

    Fresh Pickings!

    Some of the food we’ve got growing in the garden was ready for picking last week, so naturally I took a photo (it’s not great, the camera on my phone isn’t very good!). We got a full box of green beans and some lovely little...

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