Vegetable gardening blog

Find the latest on vegetable gardening in my blog; techniques, what works, what makes life easier, what to avoid, even my own successes and failures in my vegetable garden as they happen.

Save time, discover how you too can grow fantastic veg more easily and have fun and satisfaction doing it.

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Jun 17, 2010, Now is a great time to learn from your plants!

Your plants explore the soil with their roots, their leaves and growth can indicate problems;

• fanged roots or roots that travel horizontally suggest lots of stones or compaction at rooting level
• strange leaf symptoms (yellowing/ bleaching/ browning/ purpling) suggest stress from water logging or nutrient deficiency
• stunted growth can be caused by nutrient deficiency or poor rooting
• poor seedling emergence maybe due to overly loose or coarse seedbed
• wilting or drought stress suggests poor root growth and maybe very tight or compacted soil

Examine the soil to find what what is going on and what soil problems you have.

Obviously with plants growing in the soil you don't want to disturb them but you will need to look after your plants;

• for nutrient deficiencies apply a liquid/ foliar feed to soil/ plants through the growing season
• water as needed to help weak rooted plants
sow in a seedbed consolidated with your hand or with the back of a rake

In the autumn loosen compacted soil with a fork and remove larger stones as needed.

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Apr 22, 2010, Allotment gardening is a great way to grow vegetables

Allotment gardening: fresh food, exercise, rewarding, social and fun. This site provides the knowledge to make it easy to grow vegetables for your family

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Apr 22, 2010, Growing vegetables should be a pleasure

Learn how growing vegetables can be a joy and how you can do it easily and with greatest reward through using these labour saving and production boosting techniques.

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Apr 22, 2010, New developments at easy-vegetable-gardening.com

New developments at easy-vegetable-gardening.com.

1. I hope you like the new look and feel for the site that went live yesterday. This heralds my push to further develop this site to provide even more information for you in 2010


2. My first e-book will be published in July - look out for this and if you subscribe to my newsletter look out for the list of contents in the next edition. The title will be 'The secrets to good soil preparation and care for productive cropping' and will answer your questions and provide an in depth resource to help you get the most from your soil


3. Look out too for some interactive web pages coming soon where you can share your experiences with your fellow surfers or contribute to a more detailed question and answer section

Happy vegetable gardening.

Colin
easy-vegetable-gardening.com

Apr 1, 2010, My vegetable garden

Find out about and follow my progress in my vegetable garden through the year

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Mar 26, 2010, Find a good gardening book

Explore my favourite gardening book recommendations for enjoyment, reference and inspiration

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Mar 26, 2010, The best vegetables to grow

What are the best vegetables to grow?: easy, suitable, enjoyable, productive, valuable - find out what I mean ...

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Mar 26, 2010, Types of vegetables to suit your needs

Ensure you choose different types of vegetables for best benefit to suit ...

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Mar 26, 2010, Early vegetables

Early vegetables bring the fresh taste of spring but, with conditions against you, can need careful choice and protection from the weather.

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Mar 26, 2010, How to make compost

Learn how to make compost for free to improve your vegetable garden

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