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December

A quiet month as far as the garden is concerned, use it as an opportunity to relax, or as a great opportunity for planning the year ahead.

January 19, 2021

Frost damage to garlic

This looks much worse than it is. The Garlic has been...
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January 10, 2021

Butternut Squash soup

The 4 small Butternut squash that I had left in the...
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January 07, 2021

Get a frost alert to your phone or email.

This post is really more for Autumn and Spring, when you...
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December 29, 2020

Harvest leeks

I had pretty much forgotten about the leeks. I only planted...
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December 29, 2020

Harvest Jerusalem Artichoke

Incredible flavour, delicious in stews or roasted, and very easy to...
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December 28, 2020

Sow Garlic

Taking a break from the entertaining and being entertained over the...
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December 27, 2020

Portuguese style cabbage soup

The perfect time of year for a warm hearty soup, and...
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December 27, 2020

Harvest Winter Cabbages

Winter Cabbages are planted in July, and are hardy against the...
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December 23, 2020

Harvest Brussels sprout tops

  The Brussels sprouts have lasted all the way through December, ...
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December 04, 2020

Harvest Winter potatoes

The potatoes I planted in bags in August have been ready...
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September 17, 2020

Brussels Sprout and Stilton soup

Don’t think too hard about this one. Just do it. I...
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September 16, 2020

Harvest Brussels Sprouts

Despite the recent caterpillar attacks, the Brussels Sprouts were large enough so...
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Resources
  • BBC Gardening basics
  • Blight watch UK
  • Check first and last frost dates
  • garden organic
  • Gardeners world, what to do now
  • The National Allotment Society
  • The National Vegetable Society
Sites for Seed ordering.
  • DT Brown seeds
  • The Organic Gardening Catalogue
  • The Real Seed Catalogue
Varieties
All The Year Round Aubergine BBQ Mixed F1 Beetroot Boltardy bonica (F1 Hybrid) bonica F1 Hybrid Boogie Borlotto Firetongue Bright Lights Broadbean Brussels Sprouts Butternut Squash Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Charlotte Chinese Leaf Cosmic Purple Courgette Cucumber De Monica Dreadnought Dwarf French Bean Edonis Harrier F1 Jogger F1 Leeks Lettuce Melon Onion Pablo F1 Hybrid Pak Choi Yuushou F1 Pandora Pea Pepper Potato Premiere Revenge Shirley (F1 hybrid) Sungold (F1 Hybrid) Sungold - Open Pollinated Supa Roma Sweetcorn Tomato
To do this Month

2021

  • Sow Cucumber
  • Sow sweetcorn
  • Sowing Courgette
  • Wilt
  • Keeping your crops free from stress
  • Leaf scorch in April!
  • Scale insect
  • Using a root trainer
  • 'Planting out' the tomatoes
  • Planting out the Aubergines

2020

  • What to do in May
  • Plant out the sweet peppers
  • Plant out the melons
  • Dealing with the dreaded slugs organically.
  • Potting on courgettes
  • Frost Damage
  • Grow ginger from the supermarket
  • More seed sowing in April.
  • Using technology to help grow your veg.
  • Sow Cucamelon
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Pests and Diseases
Bacterial Canker Badger Birds Blossom End Rot Broad bean chocolate spot Cabbage Root Fly Cat Caterpillars Cold Damage flea beetle Frost Damage Greenfly Leaf Curl Leaf Scorch Magnesium deficiency Mice Pests & Diseases Potato Blight Powdery Mildew Rodent Rust Scale Insect Slugs Vine Weevil Wilt
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