The Little Gardener's Guide — growing

Growing Brussels Sprout

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If you think you don't like them, you've probably only ever had them boiled to a mushy mess. Fresh sprouts, roasted, sautéed or lighty boiled are a sweet, nutty revelation! And remember, a sprout isn't just for Christmas, it's for November to February!

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Year of Veg: Sowing Calendar

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Follow this handy sowing guide to keep a family of four fed with organic, seasonal vegetables throughout the year. For a constant supply, sow seeds regularly as suggested. Your packs contain more than enough seeds so plant more depending on the size of your family, or appetite!

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Growing Ladybird Flowers

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The ladybird flower is a type of poppy with bright red petals and big black splodges! It will also drop its own seeds into the ground, so you’ll see it come back year after year.

It’s a ‘hardy annual’, meaning you can sow it as late as Autumn and the seeds will survive the winter, giving you a head start on next year’s gardening and a much earlier bloom.

 

This guide will show you how to sow and care for your plant through it's lifecycle.

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Growing Wildflowers

Publicado por Amy Grice en

20% of all wildflower species are now listed as endangered. We continue to build on our green spaces, leaving fewer places for these beautiful plants to bloom. They need our help! See our guide to flower bombing to help liven up public spaces - but the best way to go about this is to lend a corner of your garden to these amazing flowers!

This guide will show you how to sow and care for your wildflowers!

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Growing Spinach

Publicado por Amy Grice en

Spinach is a superfood! It’s packed with loads of vitamins and is one of the healthiest foods you can grow. This organic baby leaf variety produces tender leaves which don’t even need cooking! Eating them raw in salads or just mixed into food while off the heat makes sure all the goodness isn’t cooked out of them.

This child friendly guide will show you how to grow baby spinach from seed and care for it throughout its lifecycle.

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