Learn how you can make use of your fruit and vegetable scraps to help give birth to fresh produce.
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With spring just around the corner, the short winter days are the best time to prepare the garden for summer - preparation now will give many months of colour and enjoyment
Pest and disease watch for Autumn/Winter. Green aphids love the tender tips of newly planted pansies, viola and other ornamental seedlings, and they will distort and
Pear trees belong to the rose family. Native to Europe they have been grown all over the continent, also in Britain and even Western Asia for more than 4000 years
Celebrity chef Pete Evans (who you may know from My Kitchen Rules, Masterchef, Fresh or as co-owner of Hugo's), cooks up a light, refreshing meal whose simplicity does not to justice to its delightful taste.
The ultimate pleasure for a gardener is the creation of new plants from old. The art of filling your veggie patch with vegetable scraps that were destined for the bin or the compost can turn your vegetable scraps into a bumper crop.
Next time the tomatoes are overripe, keep the seed. Some will revert to
tiny cherry tomatoes but other heritage varieties such as Roma egg tomatoes
will germinate true to type. Which ever you have, they will producen tomatoes for summer salads. ...
Growing your own garden produce is both rewarding and fun. Take the challenge to keep your garden decorative. You can have a garden which is practical for entertaining and relaxation, and grow fruit and veggies at the same time.
If you are planting blossom trees, plant a fruiting apple, peach, pear or plum. They are all small growing trees that are ideal for small back yards, giving blossom in spring, shade through summer, fruit in autumn and allowing the warmth of the sun in winter after the leaves turn and fall.
Cover your fence with a passion fruit vine or kiwi fruit. Pergolas are ideal for fruiting grapes. Sunny fences can support climbing beans in summer or peas in winter. ...
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