Reviews
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Northern Polytunnels provides top-of-the-range polytunnel for Manchester foodbank
Here at North Polytunnels we believe that every community should have the opportunity to grow their own fruit and veg Which is why we jumped at the chance to work with the Lally Centre when we heard about the wonderful…
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OUT NOW: Let’s Grow & Cook
Let’s Grow & Cook: A new special edition from Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden editor Steve Ott and food writer Anna Pettigrew have teamed up to launch this special edition volume, Let’s Grow & Cook. The 132-page publication presents detailed advice…
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Edible Garden for Chelsea’s Great Pavilion
See the totally edible garden being produced by the Miracle-Gro Company at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. According to Vicky Page, the company’s spokesperson, “We are packing the raised beds with an amazing variety of edible flowers, productive fruit trees…
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Growing Cucumbers (with Sea Spring Seeds)
Cucumbers are as versatile as they are delicious, lending themselves well to pickling, eating raw in salads and even cooking. Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are heat-loving vegetables best adapted to the warmest part of the year. They are members of the…
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Growing your own couldn’t be simpler!
NEW Miracle-Gro Gro-ables Seeds Pods makes growing easy! ADVERTISING FEATURE: Why grow your own vegetables? Well, there’s the practical advantage that growing your own vegetables is often cheaper than shop-bought produce, but for most of us the real benefits are…
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Sprouting Seed Packets
Old seeds prove they are not past their sow by date Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill’s prides itself on the quality of its seeds – though not, normally, to the extent of running germination trials on unopened, out-of-date packets. Perhaps it…
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New Microgreens To Try
The selection of fast-growing microgreens just got even bigger with these new introductions for 2016 If your forward planning for spring 2016 wasn’t all it might have been, seedling salad crops offer a quick way of closing the ‘hungry gap’.…
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The Marvel paraffin greenhouse heater
Video: Watch Tony and Emma unbox the £35 Marvel paraffin greenhouse heater (major) from Norfolk Greenhouses from the January 2016 issue.
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The top 5 tastiest flowers (Yes! You can eat them!)
Flowers were first recorded as being used in food in 140 BC, many different cultures since incorporated them into everyday foods. 1. Calendula Calendula flower petals make a tasty addition to summer salads and stir-fries. Sow: March-May thinly direct into…
