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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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Rocket & Chickpea Salad
A fresh and flavourful salad that is both colourful and filling. SERVES3-4 • 400g tin of chickpeas • 3-4 handfuls rocket • 100g (3½oz) feta, roughly chopped • 1 carrot, grated • 1 small red onion, finely chopped • ½…
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Rocket Falafel
Make your own falafel with this easy recipe; serve warm with flat bread and mixed salad. SERVES 4 • 400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained • 2-3 garlic cloves • 1 big handful of rocket • 1 tsp ground cumin…
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New Potatoes & Hot Smoked Salmon Salad
See in the new spring season with freshly dug potatoes and a salmon salad. SERVES 4 • 500g (1lb) new potatoes • 200g (7oz) hot smoked wild salmon • 4 free range eggs, hard boiled • 50g (2oz) baby spinach…
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Aromatic Cauliflower & Chickpea Salad
A light salad of warm cauliflower & chickpeas coated in an mix of spices. For a more filling dish, serve with couscous or hot pitta bread. SERVES 4 • 1 head cauliflower broken into florets • 2 garlic cloves, crushed…
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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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Unusual veg you can grow in your allotment
While growing the tried-and-tested fruit and vegetables on your allotment can be a rewarding experience, many gardeners want to branch out.. While growing the tried-and-tested fruit and vegetables on your allotment can be a rewarding experience, many gardeners want to…
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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…
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Chives: Star of the Herb Garden
We created a small herb garden last year. The first year it looked a bit sad but this year, with spring rain and warmth, it’s looking lush! But the star of the patch has got to be these chives. The…
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Veg plot in a bag
There is one product that has opened up the world of cultivating veg like no other and that’s the growing bag. One of the best inventions ever for gardeners has to be the growing bag and whatever size of plot…
