How To Grow Veg
Seed Or Seedlings?
Whether you grow your veg from seed or from seedlings is a really a matter of space & time. If you have a greenhouse and you can spare the time to look after young plants, then getting them going from seed is pretty easy in most cases. Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomatoes, Leeks, Celery, Spinach, Courgette and
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In The Greenhouse
Planting Up The Green House
Now I feel really guilty this year… I bought my Tomato & Cucumber plants from B&Q! In the past I’ve always been loyal to our local garden centres, but this year a 2 for 1 offer or some such thing caught my eye and I grabbed half a dozen. Anyway, they’re quite stocky specimens so
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Preparing The Greenhouse For Planting
It’s been a few years since I had a green house at my disposal and I’m really pleased the previous owners of our house left this one behind. An essential component in the Self Sufficient Gardeners arsenal, the Green House will be a very busy place indeed. At least that’s the plan. Ours is 6′x8′
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The Idea
Welcome to Grow It Alone Grow it alone is my online diary of my family’s journey toward self sufficiency. Hopefully it will be an eye opening, enjoyable, entertaining, and indeed
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The Chicken Coop
Chickens – The Most Destructive Animals Ever! The idea of Free Ranging chickens is great in an idea world. But in the real world, in a small to medium garden, it’s a recipe for a disaster coated in chicken poo and big holes. Chickens love to scratch, forage and dig nice big holes to have dust baths. But they’re definitely not picky
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Thrifty Gardening Ideas
Five Thrifty Gardening Tips As well as trying to grow our own veg, we’re also determined not to spend a fortune either. If you get suckered into buying everything Garden Centres tell you you’re going need, then you can quickly negate one of the major benefits of growing your own… The Cost Saving! My late Grand Father, John Henry
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The Veg Plot
Seed Or Seedlings? Whether you grow your veg from seed or from seedlings is a really a matter of space & time. If you have a greenhouse and you can spare the time to look after young plants, then getting them going from seed is pretty easy in most cases. Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomatoes, Leeks, Celery, Spinach, Courgette and
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Preparing the Lettuce Bed Lettuce is something we get through by the ton! Week in week out all through the year we consume at least 1 or 2 a week. More in summer. And after our reasonable results last year, but total lack of planning, I want to really get on top of our Lettuce supply for the
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How To Grow Runner Beans Runner beans are one of the easiest crops to grow. They need very little in the way of care while they’re growing, all they need is a suitable cane tripod, trellis or fence to climb up, and if you pick the ripe beans often enough will keep on producing delicious beans right through the summer
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How To Grow Fruit
How To Propagate Strawberries Propagating Strawberries is one of the simplest tasks in the Self Sufficient Garden. For non-alpine varieties, simply look out for runners. Let the small, new plant root of its own accord. After it’s rooted (can be as little as three weeks), dig up the new plant, snip the runner that joins it to the
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