How To Grow Beans From Seed
Growing from beans seed is the most cost-effective way to achieve a tasty harvest. Given good conditions for germination, we…
Dobies Magic Bean Competition Results!
Dobies prize winning beans competition. Winners announced in true pantomime style!
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Inspiration is all around you ..
All too often you slave away in the garden or allotment and feel that the ongoing chores are endless –…
News from the Elephant Farm
Hello there from wild wind swept Devon, I love this time of year, all the hard work is rewarded with…
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May Miscellany continued
I am writing this post just one day after the one I posted yesterday, on Sunday 26th May. Only because…
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Gaining a head start
At last, the sun is shining, everywhere in the UK as well as here in the north Cotswolds from where…
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Return to the wilderness!
After three weeks away working on the continent, I could not really believe the transformation that had taken place in…
The greening of late Spring
At last – sunshine! And warmth, sufficient to sit outside; sufficient for my courgette seeds to germinate in only a…