Wouldn’t it be great though if instead of having to sow fresh seeds each year you just waited for the plant to come up and produce food for you? You are probably getting interested now – particularly if you have limited space and time. You heard right plant once and crop for ever!
Entries Tagged as 'grow your own'
Gardening | Sustainable food!
March 13th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: benefit · Garden Organic · gardening · grow your own · Inspiration · lifestyle · low maintenance · money saving · One Pot Pledge · Plant · sustainable · value
NETWORKING! NFU MUTUAL AND THE GARDEN NETWORK JOIN FORCES
February 26th, 2010 No Comments
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is delighted to announce a new affinity partnership with the Garden Network From 1st March 2010, NFU Mutual will become the Garden Network’s exclusive insurance provider, meaning it can promote its range of insurance, pensions and investments to the Garden Network membership. Blanche Surman, Affinity Marketing Executive at NFU Mutual [...]
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Gardening | Review of Food Inc. – Hungry for Change?
February 24th, 2010 1 Comment
A couple of years ago Danny Boyles portrayal of the slums in Mumbai in Slumdog Millionaire bought the plight of families living in abject squalor to the eyes of the world. It was a moving film and anyone who has seen it will undoubtedly have been touched by some of the sequences. For those of us living [...]
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Gardening | The Garden Press event 2010 – take two!
February 11th, 2010 2 Comments
Following on from my previous blog on the Garden Press event – it was good to see a number of nurseries and plant suppliers present, many of whom were showing new plants and seeds. This was great from an attendees perspective as I have come home laden with goodies to try out! Again sorry if [...]
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Gardening | Sowing Sweet Peas
February 9th, 2010 2 Comments
Sweet peas are a great addition to any garden and are very straightforward to grow – however there are a couple of tips you can follow to get better plants and a longer season of scented flowers which you can bring in to the house. The first thing I do is to soak the seeds [...]
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Gardening | recycled newspaper plant pots
February 8th, 2010 No Comments
Garden Organic are running a new campaign called One Pot Pledge where enthusiastic gardeners encourage others who perhaps haven’t tried growing their own vegetables to give it a go. With that in mind I thought I’d share a quick and easy way to make your own recycled newspaper plant pots that biodegrade directly after use.
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Gardening | The Garden Press event 2010 – first review
February 5th, 2010 1 Comment
My first visit to this event this year and was surrounded by well known journalists and media people all keen to see what was new in the world of gardening. I went with my Garden Network hat on – not really knowing what to expect! Here is my first take on the event – there [...]
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Gardening | Garden Design | Improving your soil
November 1st, 2009 2 Comments
Autumn heralds a round of free harvests bought on by nature’s abundance. The colourful leaves that once adorned the trees in our garden are falling and with it creating a fabulous opportunity to create gardener’s black gold! In a sustainable woodland culture the leaves from the trees fall to the ground where they break down [...]
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Gardening | Garden Design | Grow your own update 3
July 22nd, 2009 No Comments
My biggest success so far has been the chillies. Perhaps this is because they are being grown in the kitchen and therefore are getting more attention than the plants outside but they are really coming on a treat. They get watered with whatever cold tea is left in the pot! The plants have masses of [...]
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Gardening | Garden Design | Grow your own update 2
May 27th, 2009 No Comments
Well – this was supposed to be the time that I tell you that growing your own is as easy as you like and that I am enjoying bumper crops! Of course the sowing of the seeds was a breeze – even the children could help with that! Sure enough they germinated quite well and [...]
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