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 Tomato Varieties
If you don’t know your tomatoes then its time to learn. Check out some of our favourite varieties from the list below.
Tomato Soup Recipe
This recipe makes a tasty tomato soup that the whole family will love and enjoy. Even non vegetable eaters love it, try it out because you might be surprised at just how good this one tastes.
Tomato Seed Saving
Saving tomato seeds is a fairly simple process. Every tomato seed is covered in a gelatinous sack which contains chemicals that inhibit seed germination. This prevents the seeds from sprouting whilst inside the tomato fruit. In nature the fruit drops from the plant and slowly rots away on the ground.
Top 10 Asparagus Varieties
This article covers the major asparagus seed varieties giving you an essential breakdown on the pros and cons of each. From the Connovers Colossail (an AGM award winner) right through to the Thielim F1, you’ll become familiar, and gain an understanding of them all.
Asparagus & Red Onion Quiche Recipe
Asparagus quiche makes a lovely lunch dish and is delicious served hot or cold. Give it a try and let us know how you get on.
Asparagus Seed Saving
The asparagus plant is dioecious meaning that it produces both male and female flowers on separate plants. Each flower has two sets of sexual organs with one set aborting as the flower matures. This leaves either all male or all female flowers on a plant. Asparagus relies on insects for pollination.
