this about growing home vegetables
This is a blog post on growing and harvesting Pincushion flowers (Scabiosa). This year for the first time I have been growing them successfully. As they are easy to grow I am happy with the harvest I got this year. I grow them this year as after seeing some great eco prints on the purple […]
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This is a blog on growing and harvesting Yarrow at home. Yarrow grows easily in the UK. They are found in parks and anywhere along the roadside. Perennial plants so they come back year after year. Then why grow yarrow? They make a great natural dye plant. I love to grow anything that is easy
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This is a blog post on how to prevent tomato blight. Tomato blight is when the tomato starts to go brown before it ripens. It is devastating for the gardener as all the time wasted trying to grow the tomatoes and try to get them to ripen. It is can happen quite easily. I started
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This blog post is on growing and harvesting fennel at home. Fennel is a vegetable/ herb has got anaseed taste to it. It is a used a lot in Italian and Mediterranean cooking as it grows well there. If it is grown well the bulb blooms and contains lots of fluid. It is possible to
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting Eucalyptus. Currently, I am loving to grow eucalyptus as I am very much into fabric printing. Eucalyptus is one of those leaves that every natural printer love to grow. As both sides of the leaves print colors which is quite unusual. Also depending on the species,
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting cosmos flowers. All varieties of cosmos flowers are good for natural printing. Different varieties yield different colors. I am a big fan of natural printing at the moment, I started growing cosmos flowers after looking at what cosmos sulfurous flowers can do. It can be pressed,
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting Wong Bok cabbage at home. Tips and tricks from sowing to harvesting them. Wong Bok is a lesser-known Chinese leaf than Pak choi. It is also known as Chinese cabbage. there are many varieties of them. The ones I grew don’t resemble much of what you
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