How to Grow Stuff

Growing heritage and heirloom chillies and sweet peppers

One can grow chillies and peppers in the same way as tomatoes.  Seed can take anything up to four weeks to germinate and plants need a long growing season to…

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Growing rare and delicious heritage cucumbers

Growing cucumbers both outside and in a greenhouse or polytunnel requires a little effort for a very large crop  

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Courgette and squash

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GROWING BROAD BEANS IN A GREENHOUSE

I like to grow overwintering broad beans in a greenhouse or a polytunnel as I find that in a very cold and damp winter young plants outside are prone to…

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10 RARE BROAD BEAN VARIETIES TO GROW FOR MAXIMUM FLAVOUR

I keep about twenty rare, endangered, heritage and heirloom broad (fava) bean varieties in my seed library.  Many of the broad beans I grow and save the seeds of our held…

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STARTING FROM SCRATCH

We can grow delicious vegetables pretty much anywhere and at virtually no cost,  If you would like to grow a few veggies in a corner of your back yard but…

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Growing peas is easy peasy

fresh peas straight from the pod are divine. Its easy to start growing peas using egg boxes. First remove any sticky labels on the lids.  Fill the boxes up with a…

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Fancy some fabulous French beans?

Growing dwarf French beans in a corner of even the most neglected garden requires no knowledge or expertise.   All you need is an area about 90cms by 90cms.  Dwarf French…

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Lovely Lettuce

  Harvest some fresh lettuce leaves from your own garden or container for the first time and you will experience a taste sensation that I believe will make you want…

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All you need is a patch of soil

We can grow delicious vegetables pretty much anywhere and at virtually no cost, I am starting this post on 23rd March to help anyone who has even the roughest patch…

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