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A wonderful day in my Garden

A wonderful day in my Garden The lovely warm dry weather today allowed me to have a wonderful day in my garden. I harvested the last of the sprouts, stripped the plants and composted the unusable parts of the plants. This year the sprout harvest has been very poor for me and for most of my friends locally as well. …

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Enjoying the spring garden

Enjoying the spring garden With all this smashing sunny weather, Vanda and I have both been enjoying the garden. Our new potatoes are all showing their tops now, the first couple of rows of cauliflowers have been planted and leeks and spring onion seeds are in seed trays. I also treated myself to another small Acer yesterday that you can …

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Cinderford Gardening Club

Cinderford Gardening Club As you all know, gardening is one of my great loves so I am trying to set up a new club. There is a website Cinderford Gardening Website  so do take a look. If you are interested in gardening then please do come along to our meeting of the Cinderford Gardening Club  on the 25th November at …

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The Vegetable Garden

The Vegetable Garden The Vegetable Garden is no longer producing a lot to eat, but this years crop is looking good. We are just coming to the end of the leeks, and we have a few cabbages that are almost ready to eat. Right through the winter te vegetable garden fed us well. This years planting Cauliflowers are up, rhubarb …

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The vegetable garden has been good to us

The vegetable garden has been good to us this year We are now well into autumn and the vegetable garden is still feeding us. We have been eating the leeks for some time now ( leek and potato soup is our favourite ) , we have a shed full of onions and garlic and the freezer is full of French …

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Conserving water for your garden

Conserving water for your garden If, like us you are on a water meter it is vital to conserve as much water for the garden as possible unless you are happy with a large bill from your water company. We were shocked at how high our bill was last year and we determined to do something about it. There are …

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Growing Your Own

Growing your own Growing your own vegetables is a real joy. The quality and taste is far better than anything shop bought, and you know they have not been covered in chemicals. Even the smallest plot can be used to very good effect, as I hope to show you here. I have included a video clip at the end of …

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Growing vegetables in a tiny plot

Growing vegetables I have said many times it is not difficult to grow some vegetables even if you have a tiny garden like ours, or even if you have no garden at all. The photo on the left shows lettuce and a courgette growing happily on a window ledge. We started off the seeds in a tray in my shed, …