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Pests & Annoyances – 3

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Liz

Today I bring you 3 garden annoyances – I will try not to whinge too much! Annoyance 1 – Rodents???? There’s something eating my broccoli plants.  I recently planted out 3 nice broccoli seedlings and this is what happened to … Continue reading →

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Arrrgggh slug damage

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Liz

At the end of April I sowed sugar snap peas seeds, I erect a teepee (three tomato stakes tied together at the top with an old stocking) and then the seeds germinated.  Fabulous. A couple of weeks later though and the seedlings had … Continue reading →

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Battling the Aphids – Growing Broccoli

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Liz

Apparently the name broccoli comes from Italian broccolo, which means something like: ‘the flowering top of a cabbage’.  I read this on Wikipedia – I love Wikipedia – I find that even if the info on there isn’t true its usually entertaining … Continue reading →

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Pests and Diseases

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Liz

I have to say that I do struggle to not get hugely frustrated when problems stand in the way of me and perfect produce.   For instance I started the year with 156 tamarillos on the tree, and I love tamarillos, … Continue reading →

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