Debs from the Key West Wine & Gardening Blog
mentioned growing stick beans in pots.
Something that sounded difficult.
She has kindly explained her methods here:
I just fill 12″ or 14″ sized pots with soil.
I put -5 beans spaced evenly apart.
Within a few days the sprouts will pop up and Read More »
Slave on the River Cottage Forum asks if last years shallots can be planted this year as sets Read More »
John Glossop is so worried that there will be food shortages in the near future, if we don’t change our ways, that he has written a book called Famine in the West. Read More »
30 shallot sets , variety Yellow Moon, were planted in the vegetable garden on 24 February 2008.
The Yellow Moon variety of shallot:
It is important to know the ideal temperature for the germination of vegetable seeds, so that the gardener can gauge the best time to start sowing seed. For every species of seed, there is an optimal soil temperature for germination, which is shown in the chart below. Read More »
plant seed vegetable gardenThe Spring Cabbage Variety Offenham 2 - Flower of Spring - is growing well in the vegetable garden.
The Purple Sprouting Broccoli in the vegetable garden is ready to harvest now.
The new Svalbard global crop seed bank is being officially opened this week. Read More »
One broccoli plant in the vegetable garden has been looking very sick, due to cabbage root fly. Read More »
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