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Green Lane Allotments {January #3}

January 28, 2009
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Green Lane Allotments Diary Weekend 27 January         On the plot   Paid a brief visit to the plot to gather vegetables for the week. Harvested leeks, cabbage, carrots and parsnips.
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Campsis

January 27, 2009
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Image copyright Fennel and Fern Grow Campsis x tagliabuana if you have one of those sought-after south-facing, sunny, sheltered walls. It romps happily over walls and fences to height of 30ft if left unchecked and will produce clusters of fiery orang
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What’s the story, morning glory?

January 24, 2009
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Image copyright Fennel and Fern Bindweed is an evil plant. Its white roots snake through the soil, can reproduce from a very small section of root, and are extremely resilient. But if you have ever felt a twinge of regret as you pull down those beaut
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Recipe Blog: Vegalicious

January 22, 2009
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Ever been stuck for recipe inspiration during a glut of vegetables? Now, thanks to monthly blogs from the team at Vegalicious, the step from potager to plate never felt so easy, or fun.     Chris, who runs the blog with her husband Harald, gives us a
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{Vegalicious} Pasta with kale, white beans and almonds

January 22, 2009
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Vegalicious January 2009: Pasta with Kale, white beans and almonds     Kale, also known as Borecole (Dutch: Boerenkool), is a typical winter vegetable here in the Netherlands and Germany. Traditionally it is used in a dish called stamppot. But there
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::cress heads:: by Helen Lehndorf

January 20, 2009
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::cress heads:: originally uploaded by Stripy Sock Studio Shame on any gardener who chucks their eggshells in the bin. They are even more useful once you have eaten their contents. Leave them in your compost heap and they will help counteract excess
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Green Lane Allotments {January #2}

January 20, 2009
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Green Lane Allotments Diary Weekend 13 January
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Community Garden {January}

January 20, 2009
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New Routes: January 2009 by Jill Coleman     New Routes has had a slow start to the New Year. Although we were on site all the way up until Christmas Eve, we shut down for a week and the end of December and were due to return in the first week of Jan
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Seed viability

January 19, 2009
by F&F
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If you’ve got a packet of parnsip seeds languishing in your drawer from several years ago, think twice before sowing. Some seeds (parsnips in particular) need sowing fresh. And just so you don’t make any mistakes, here is the Fennel and F
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Treat ‘em mean: Hyacinths

January 18, 2009
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Image copyright Fennel and Fern This white hyacinth has been poised on the brink of bursting open all week. The white stars are beginning to tentatively open and shout their scent all over the room. Previous experience with hyacinths inelegantly fall
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Garden from Scratch #5: In the beginning…

January 17, 2009
by F&F
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This morning was beautiful. After weeks of hiding under my duvet on Saturdays, trying to think of reasons to lie in all morning, the spring-like sunshine and cheerful breeze pushed me out of my door and into the garden.
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Green Lane Allotments {January #1}

January 17, 2009
by F&F
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Green Lane Allotments Diary Weekend 6 January  
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