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Smashing pumpkins

 

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If you’re organised, you will have kept stores of squash to last you until March. Or, if you’ve forgotten that you had stored squash, then you’ll be celebrating eating delicious ‘Sweet Lightning’.

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Must-have mustard

 

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Forgot to sow your mustard last autumn? Well you’re missing out on a fabulous hardy salad to keep you smiling through the hungry gap.

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Curly-wurly kale

 

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Kale is a superb architectural plant, and it tastes good too.

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Oh, chit

 

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If you’re growing potatoes this year, you need to get chitting (it’s not rude). Here’s how.

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Seed swap

 

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The other day I did something I had been putting off for months: I tidied my seed box. I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not one of those women who has a perfectly organised seed box coded by month, colour of flower or type of veg. I have a pallet-tray in which I chuck all [...]

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Growing onions from seed

 

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In case we can’t persuade you not to bother with growing onions in your veg patch, here’s our easy-peasy guide.

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Which tomato should you choose?

 

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F&F community member Ellie Smith gives her tips on the best tomatoes to grow this year.

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Toasted pumpkin seeds

 

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As you take your pumpkins and squash out of storage for cooking, don’t forget to scoop the seeds out and toast them for a delicious treat.

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New year gardener

 

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You might already have failed to go to the gym every day and started gorging on chocolate again, but if your new year’s resolution was to start gardening, then we’re not going to let you off quite so easily. Here’s some courage for the first-time gardener.

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‘Rolet’ squash

 

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The mysterious ‘Rolet’ summer squash turns out to be a keeper: and it lasts pretty well into the winter as well. Here’s our review.

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Pesto romanesco pasta

 

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Fancy a few fractals for supper? Vegalicious have created a gorgeous dish starring the fractal vegetable Romanesco, a scattering of black olives and pine nuts, and some homemade pesto pasta.

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‘Cherokee Trail of Tears’ beans

 

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‘Cherokee Trail of Tears’ beans don’t just produce a great crop every year: they carry a weighty history. Find out more about this rare heritage vegetable.

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