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If you are a very busy person, as I am, or if you are sometimes lazy (like me) then it should be great news that not digging your soil can be more beneficial than digging… continue through

Preparing the Strawberry Bed

Before buying new strawberry plants, prepare their soil bed by turning it over a spade's depth and adding lots of humus materials like leaf mold, peat moss, shredded leaves, compost and… continue through

Apart from needing a reasonably deep soil, Parsnips are quite easy to grow. The soil should ideally be prepared well in advance and allowed to settle. Manuring should have been done for the previous season… continue through

Of all the Brassicas, Cauliflower are the most difficult to grow in a garden veg patch or Allotment.

Conventional wisdom has always suggested that the Cauliflower is a hungry feeder with a need for huge… continue through

The distance between rows varies, depending on the variety and circumstances. In cold frames or on hot beds an early variety needs only 15cm between the rows. Outdoor sowings require 25 to 30cm between… continue through