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| - | # Vegetable growing | + | This topic is part of [[gt: |
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| - | ## What is vegetable growing? | + | ===== What is vegetable growing? |
| For a while dismissed by many as a quirky hobby for eccentric hippies (think ‘70s series _The Good Life_), vegetable growing is making a big comeback, with waiting lists at many allotment sites, schools creating veggie plots, celeb chefs buying their own farms and gardening programmes talking of banishing the lawn in favour of food production. | For a while dismissed by many as a quirky hobby for eccentric hippies (think ‘70s series _The Good Life_), vegetable growing is making a big comeback, with waiting lists at many allotment sites, schools creating veggie plots, celeb chefs buying their own farms and gardening programmes talking of banishing the lawn in favour of food production. | ||
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| - | You have to try feshly-picked, | + | _You have to try feshly-picked, |
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| - | Young brassicas growing in seed trays in a greenhouse in the early spring. Soon they will be ‘pricked out’ into individual pots, then later hardened off and planted out into the garden. | + | _Young |
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| - | + | ===== What are the benefits of vegetable growing? | |
| - | ## What are the benefits of vegetable growing? | + | |
| Growing your own organic veg is a fantastic hobby which: | Growing your own organic veg is a fantastic hobby which: | ||
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| - | There have been times when growing veg was encouraged more than it is now. Veg growing is an essential skill in times of hardship. | + | _There |
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| - | A grower gives his top ten tips for anyone thinking of starting a vegetable garden. | + | _A grower gives his top ten tips for anyone thinking of starting a vegetable garden._ |
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| - | If you have a [greenhouse or polytunnel](/ | + | _If you have a [greenhouse or polytunnel](/ |
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| - | ## What can I do? | + | ===== What can I do? ===== |
| See further resources (below) for step-by-step guides to growing different veg, and month-by-month guide to tasks in your garden for growing fruit & veg. | See further resources (below) for step-by-step guides to growing different veg, and month-by-month guide to tasks in your garden for growing fruit & veg. | ||
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| - | You can plait onions together and hang them somewhere cool and dry ready for use. | + | _You can plait onions together and hang them somewhere cool and dry ready for use._ |
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| - | At home with Charles Dowding, who seems to have perfected the no-dig | + | _At home with Charles Dowding, who seems to have perfected the no-dig |
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| - | Raised | + | _Raised |
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| - | Curly kale – full of iron. Home-grown veg, fresh from the garden, provides tons of vitamins, minerals and taste. | + | _Curly |
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| - | Home-grown veg reduces the need for packaging, and reduces supermarket’s profits. | + | _Home-grown veg reduces the need for packaging, and reduces supermarket’s profits._ |
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| - | ## Further resources | + | ===== Forum ===== |
| - | 1. [Step-by-step guides to growing 50 different vegetables](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/ | + | This topic belongs to the section [[gt: |
| - | 3. [Month-by-month guides to growing fruit & veg](/ | + | ===== Further resources ===== |
| - | 5. If you fancy having a go at the no-dig techniques that are becoming popular, there' | + | - [Allotments4All](https:// |
| + | - [Kitchen Garden](https:// | ||
| + | - [Step-by-step guides to growing 50 different vegetables](http:// | ||
| + | - [Month-by-month guides to growing fruit & veg](https:// | ||
| + | - [No-dig gardening](https:// | ||
| + | - [How to stop slugs naturally](http:// | ||
| + | - [Allotment Garden](https:// | ||
| + | - [GardenOrganic](https:// | ||
| + | - [Grow your own veg guides](https:// | ||
| - | 7. [How to stop slugs naturally](http:// | + | ===== Related topics ===== |
| + | - [[rain: | ||
| + | - [[soil: | ||
| + | - [[urbs: | ||
| + | - [[seed:Seed saving]] | ||
| + | - [[smho: | ||
| + | - [[hydp: | ||
| + | - [[verm: | ||
| + | - [[ntpw: | ||
| + | - [[csas: | ||
| + | - [[farm: | ||
| + | - [[soft:Soft fruit]] | ||
| + | - [[cpst: | ||
| + | - [[vegb:Veg box schemes]] | ||
| + | - [[forg: | ||
| + | - [[herb: | ||
| + | - [[grho: | ||
| - | ## Specialist(s) | + | ===== Specialist |