Potato Days And Seed Swaps 2012
Potato Days are great events for kitchen gardeners and allotmenteers to attend. There are a large number of different potato varieties available including heritage varieties and most potato days offer individual seed potatoes for sale which is ideal if you are growing in containers or space is limited.
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Top 10 Broad Bean Varieties
Broad beans (fava beans) are a joy to grow. Opening the shiny pods for the very first time and seeing the beans nestled in their furry beds is just fabulous! Here are some of our recommended favourites.
Courgette Frittata Recipe
Courgette Frittata is really tasty and this recipe is a great way to help use a glut of courgettes. Use as many courgettes as you like!
Braised Red Cabbage Recipe
This is a lovely warming recipe with a fabulous aroma and the reason why I grow red cabbages! All you need is some red cabbage, apples, onions and some garlic.
Top 10 French Bean Varieties
French beans are self pollinating, very prolific and an incredibly easy vegetable to grow. Available as either a climbing bean (pole bean) or dwarf bean (bush bean). Here are some of our favourite varieties.
Vegetable Container Gardening
Growing your own fresh, organic vegetables is so easy to do and freshly harvested vegetables taste fabulous. Anyone can grow them and there is no need to have a large garden. Even if you only have a window box you can grow cut and come again salad leaves, radishes, salad onions and many other vegetables.
Unusual Tomatoes
There are so many tomato varieties available for the home gardener to grow but many of the more unusual varieties are becoming harder to find. The more unusual varieties are often different to the average tomatoes available in supermarkets and for sale by many of the major seed companies.
