Cabbage Elisa is a a vigorous, compact cabbage which can be grown close together. Therefore the vegetable production per square meter is higher than with winter cabbage which are planted further apart.
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Elisa cabbage are ready for cutting from June to October. Elisa stands well, that is, once it matures it lasts as it is in the garden, and does not have to be cut immediately. This is important for a family kitchen garden.
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Elisa cabbage:
- sweet tasting
- summer ball-head Cabbage
- compact, round, shiny heads
- good standing
- not prone to splitting
- good resistance to bolting
- eat sliced raw in salads, in stir-fries or as a steamed vegetable
- excellent source of Vitamin C
- darkest green leaves contain the most nutrients
- F1 hybrid
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Elisa cabbage is a cabbage variety well worth growing in the vegetable garden.
Farming Friends & TopVeg have now collaborated to create a How To Grow Broad Beans growing card.
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If you wish to print off this growing card, right click on the enlarged image and then click print picture to print out a copy.
If you would like this document as a pdf, just contact TopVeg and we will email you the How To Grow Broad Beans growing card.
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How To Grow Asparagus
Asparagus are grown in beds which stay down for many years. Asparagus are usually grown from crowns.
A crown is the root system of a one-year-old asparagus plant that is grown from seed. Buy healthy, disease-free crowns from a reputable crown grower.
Asparagus prefer a site which is:
- sheltered
- sunny
- free draining
Asparagus plants live for about 15 years, so need a permanent site, which is not in the way.
Before planting:
- remove weeds
- dig in plenty of well rotted farm yard manure
- either in the autumn or 3 weeks before planting in the spring
Plant in the spring in a trench
Prepare the trench:
- only a day or two before planting
- dig out the trench with a spade, so it is 20cm deep, & about 30cm wide (wide enough for the roots to be spread out)
- then put a mound of soil all down the centre of the trench, about 10 cm high, for the crowns to sit on
- place some general fertiliser in the trench (it does not matter if the crowns come into contact with it)
Plant the crowns, 30 cm apart, in the trench, on top of the mound, and fan the roots out either side. The pointed part of the asparagus root should be facing upward.
80 – 90 cm between rows
After planting:
- back fill the trench to the original soil level. Pat the soil down to get rid of the air pockets but do not compact the soil too much.
- Water the newly planted bed.
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Do not harvest the asparagus spears in the first year after planting and allow asparagus fern to develop. Cut these to 5cm above the ground in autumn.
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In the second year harvest the asparagus spears when they are 12cm long above ground. Use a sharp knife, and cut the stem 7cms beneath the soil.
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Asparagus are easy to cook and have great nutritional value.
White asparagus are grown in a different way, so that the light is excluded.
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A herb trough is attractive and productive, producing an abundance of herbs for the kitchen.
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A herb trough:
* can be any size, to suit the space available.
* can be made from any container, as long as it has drainage holes.
* must be watered regularly in the summer.
The herb trough in the picture contains:
* chives
* thyme
* marjoram
* borage
* mint
Each herb has an abundance of flowers, which attract the bees. All these
herbs have over-wintered well in the herb trough.
Click here to find out more about the eBook called “How to Grow Culinary Herbs.” which has been written be FarmingFriends & TopVeg.
The ebook is on sale now and explains how to plant a herb garden or grow your own herbs for cooking.
Farming Friends & TopVeg have collaborated to create a How To Grow Garlic growing card.
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Vegetable growers, teachers, children and anyone interested in growing garlic are welcome to print off this growing card for their own use. The printed copies may be laminated and used as a reference growing card in thegarden or a teaching resource in the classroom.
If you have any other growing cards that you would like Farming Friends & TopVeg to create then please leave a comment and we will be happy to create it for you.
Please contact us if you would like a pdf of the How to Grow Garlic Sheet.
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Farming Friends & TopVeg have collaborated to create a How To Grow Garlic growing card.
Click on the link below to view the growing card and download the file.
how-to-grow-garlic-sheet
Vegetable growers, teachers, children and anyone interested in growing
garlic are welcome to print off this growing card for their own use. The
printed copies may be laminated and used as a reference growing card in
thegarden or a teaching resource in the classroom.
If you have any other growing cards that you would like Farming Friends
& TopVeg to create then please leave a comment and we will be happy to
create it for you.
If you would like a pdf of the grow card for *How to Grow Garlic, please complete the contact form asking for the grow card for garlic and we will email it to you.
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Thank you Sara at Farming Friends for designing this garlic grow card.
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Urban gardeners with no space, and no wish to dig, can grow potatoes in
simple containers:
* growing potatoes in a bag
* planting potatoes in pots
* buckets make ideal containers for growing potatoes
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Hippy gardener sells no-dig potato kits
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A frequent question about potatoes being grown in tubs is:’ Should the container be covered?’
When spuds are planted in tubs, they are covered with soil, leaving
enough room to “earth up”. The soil should be reasonably damp to allow
the potatoes to grow, and the tubs must allow good drainage. The tubs
need drainage holes in the bottom, and a stony layer for water to
percolate through at the bottom.
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The container with potatoes may then be covered over for a week or two
until the first leaves appear. If it rains a lot, the soil will get very
cold and wet, which will not encourage the potatoes to grow and they may
rot if too wet.
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Farming Friends & TopVeg have collaborated to create a How To Grow Onions growing card.
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The card may be downloaded, printed off and pinned to the potting shed wall as a useful reference on how to grow onions.
If you would like a pdf of the grow card for “How to Grow Onions”, please complete the contact form asking for the grow card for onions and we will email it to you.
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