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Allotment Growing: Vegetable, Fruit and Herb Gardening on an Allotment

Allotment Growing: Vegetable, Fruit and Herb Gardening on an Allotment
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Allotment Foresrty Home to Englands Woodland Products Support your local woods: use coppiced hazel beanpoles to support your beans this year! The area of coppice in the UK has fallen dramatically since the 1950s and we need to bring these woods back into management Hazel coppice provides valuable habitat for animals such as the dormouse, nightingales, warblers and many more species Coppicing is a traditional and sustainable form of woodland management that ensures a continuous supply of useful products Hazel beanpoles provide an attractive and effective addition to your garden To find a local supplier or an event check out the websites below www.allotmentforestry.com or www.coppice-products.co.uk or call the Green Wood Centre on 01952 432769 A celebration of coppice products. Support your local woods: use coppiced hazel beanpoles to support your beans this year! Contacts:- Geoff Sinclair 2 Five Acres Holbrook Ipswich Suffolk, IP9 2QE England Tel 01473 327 720 Email:geoff at allotmentforestry.com

How To Make TP Roll Seed Pots Guys! Spring is almost here! In Portland I dare say it’s even come early, bringing the daffodils springing from every sidewalk crack and kissing the tree tops in blush pink buds. It’s intoxicating! And it also means we’re coming up quick on planting season. Even if you’re not seeing it out your own front window, I assure you it’s coming . . . and soon! Last year I offered a green alternative to plastic seed pots, with a recycled newspaper version. And once again, it’s just so easy. Begin with your TP roll. Cut! It’ll look like this. Fold down the tabs to make a nice flat bottom. When you’re ready to transplant, just unfold the bottom tabs and then cut the cardboard away. Don’t you love how the green DIY method is also always the most efficient, most practical method?

Snails/RHS Gardening Snails are so abundant in gardens that some damage has to be tolerated. They cannot be eradicated so target control measures on protecting the more vulnerable plants, such as hostas, seedlings, vegetables and soft young shoots on herbaceous plants. Non-chemical control There are various measures you can take: Transplant sturdy plantlets grown on in pots, rather than young vulnerable seedlings. Transplants can be given some additional protection with cloches Encourage predators such as thrushes, toads, hedgehogs and ground beetles. Chemical control Following the manufactures instructions Scatter slug pellets thinly around vulnerable plants, such as seedlings, vegetables and young shoots on herbaceous plants. Most plants, once established, will tolerate some slug damage and control measures can be discontinued.. Download Pesticides for gardeners (Adobe Acrobat pdf document outlining pesticides available to gardeners)

Gardening Tips | Garden Plants Advice and Lawn Care Dubai Veg Growers Culinary uses of Rhubarb | The Rhubarb Compendium Rhubarb or "pie plant" is prized for use in pies, tarts, and sauces. Only the petioles are eaten, although herbal remedies use the leaves and roots. The high levels of oxalic acid and other compounds within the leaves are toxic to humans. The petioles contain lower levels of oxalic acid and, primarily, malic acid. Harvesting and Preparation Rhubarb is sold by the "bunch" which is usually 2 to 2-1/2 lbs., 1 lb. cooked yields 3/4 cup. Rhubarb in Marketplace photo credit The time of harvest is dependent upon the variety as well as on the location and temperature. Harvesting should be delayed until the second year following planting to permit accumulation of root reserve. Select petioles that are bright pink, crisp and free of disease or insect damage. Storing Rhubarb Rhubarb, if not used immediately, can be stored by refrigeration, caning, freezing or drying. Refrigeration Caning Freezing Choose firm, tender, well-colored stalks with good flavor and few fibers. Drying References:

My Tiny Plot How to Control Flea Beetles in the Organic Garden Description Many species of flea beetles are found throughout the United States. They are small jumping insects (similar in appearance to fleas) commonly found in home gardens early in the growing season. A voracious pest, they will damage plants by chewing numerous small holes in the leaves, which make them look as if they have been peppered by fine buckshot. When populations are high, flea beetles can quickly defoliate and kill entire plants. They feed most on hot sunny days and attack a wide variety of plants including beans, cabbage, corn, eggplant, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce and most seedlings. Adults are small (1/10 inch long), shiny, dark brown or black beetles with large hind legs that allow them to jump when disturbed. Note: Flea beetles transmit viral and bacterial diseases. Life Cycle Adults overwinter in the soil or garden debris and become active in the spring, feeding on host plants as new growth appears. Flea Beetle Control Recommended Products

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