THE BIRTH OF A NEW VEGETABLE GARDEN
Finally I believe I have found a new home for my veggies, and even though we have yet to complete on the purchase, I have started work on a plot…
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IT MAY BE WET BUT THERE IS WORK THAT CAN BE DONE
I am often asked, “What should I sow now? What can I do when it is so wet? What can I do to be able to garden now?” Well, it…
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THE ANGRY BEAN HAS PROVENANCE
It was with delight and surprise that I received a tweet the other day (my Twitter tag is vegoutwithadam) from a lovely lady whose tag is Skannie. She suggested that the…
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OMANI GARLIC RACING AHEAD
After a very mixed harvest of the Omani garlic I received back in June 2012, planted up in the autumn of 2012 and harvested in late July 2013, both in…
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THE STORY OF THE ANGRY BEAN
It has been a very long time since I last posted or did anything to update this website, for which I apologise. Torn between time growing, time in front of…
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MORE AUTUMN SOWING AND SAVING
My friend John Tamplin likes to sow his over-wintering broad beans on Guy Fawkes day and I will be doing the same. However, I first must clear squash out of…
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FAME AT LAST HA HA
Back in July I was filmed communing with my broad beans and runner beans for the next series of The Great British Food Revival. I have just been told that…
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A LOT OF SEED TO SAVE
It’s now, as we enter autumn proper, that much of my seed-saving activities peak. This weekend I have completed drying and cleaning the seed from a crop of the loose…
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TOO BUSY GARDENING TO WRITE BUT I AM ON TWITTER
It has been a trying but very busy summer and it is with considerable guilt that I see it has been three months since I last blogged. Quelle domage. A…
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Great news for garlic-lovers
Back in March this year I visited Oman. (see my earlier post). I had wanted to visit this corner of the Arabian Gulf to witness the great diversity of flora and…
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