HeyJaredThe gardener
Growing the no dig, permaculture way for a couple of decades now on my allotment, in a wildlife garden and in my garden at home.
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Growing vegetables for beginners: September 2026 week 4 (opens the original)
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The plot after this week’s session. The beans are down and we are piling up all the greenery to chop and drop on top of the manure we will spread in a couple of weeks.Isn’t it strange that the smallest seeds we sowed this year provide one of the larger root crops, celariac, although our carrots and parsnips are not to be sneered at?It is said that celariac should be sown early, the end of February, but I find that too early and so wait until April and we still get large roots.<a class="image-lin
Growing vegetables for beginners: September 2026 week 2 (opens the original)
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I visited RHS Rosemoor in North Devon this week as I needed a bit of inspiration for my garden, in particular where everything has died or is very brown and crispy and might-come-back-but-I-can’t-tell-yet.I saw plenty of plant combinations that I loved and thought I could ‘borrow’, especially in the hot garden which is my favourite. Everything in this garden is orange, purple, yellow or red and really zings. However, what I need to remember is that here on the south coast of Devon we do not have
Growing veg for beginners: September 2026 Week 1 (opens the original)
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The hungry gap is a real thing. Between the months of April and June, food is scarce because the winter crops are coming to an end, but the summer crops are not yet ready. It is, however, possible to grow to reduce that, if you have no undercover growing space, or overcome it completely if you have a polytunnel/greenhouse.The first thing to say is that you might have some winter stored veg still edible. I must admit that by this time my potatoes and onions are sprouting, so although I eat them,
Growing vegetables for beginners: August 26, Week 4 (opens the original)
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We’ve had rain, the water butts are full and the veg has enjoyed its refreshments. The beds are looking lush and green again, and there are plenty of crops to harvest, not least some of the lemon grass. All is right on the Veg Course plot.The least exciting thing I did this week, but possibly the most useful, was to create an index of all the information included in these newsletters. This means that you will get two posts this week, one being the index which I will pin at
Veg Growing for Beginners: Index (opens the original)
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I thought I would create an index of the useful info in the newsletters so that it is easier to find.Sowing and growingSowing seeds - seedlings in a heatwave, back-up parsnips,Sowing timetables - sowing timeline for winter/spring veg, annual sowing timetable, <a
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