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   <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 17, Vegetable garden soil ideally has a crumbly structure and is well drained</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-garden-soil.html</link>
    <description>Ensuring your vegetable garden soil is at its best is the foundation to successful production of vegetables</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 17, Garden soil pH</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/garden-soil-ph.html</link>
    <description>Three reasons why the right garden soil pH is critical to successful plant growth...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:39:43 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 17, What garden soil problems do you have?</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/garden-soil-problems.html</link>
    <description>Identify your garden soil problems and learn how to improve your soil and plant growth ...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 1, Improve garden soil</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/improve-garden-soil.html</link>
    <description>Learn 4 easy ways to improve garden soil for your plants and boost your vegetable production</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 1, Perfect garden soil - the what, when and how</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/perfect-garden-soil.html</link>
    <description>Perfect garden soil is what we all want but first you need to know what to look for...</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:06:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 19, Planning a vegetable garden develops your design to fit your needs</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/planning-a-vegetable-garden.html</link>
    <description>Find out how time spent planning a vegetable garden saves you time and effort later</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 19, Successful vegetable garden design</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-garden-design.html</link>
    <description>Vegetable garden design and planning are the vital first steps to growing veg successfully</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:57 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 19, Starting a vegetable garden the easier way</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/starting-a-vegetable-garden.html</link>
    <description>Starting a vegetable garden may seem a challenge, so learn an easier way to start your garden step by step ...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 16, Find a good gardening book </title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-book.html</link>
    <description>Explore my favourite gardening book recommendations for enjoyment, reference and inspiration</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 12, How to grow vegetables</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-grow-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>Learn crop by crop detail on how to grow vegetables for maximum success using best; soil preparation, rotational position, sowing/ planting, care and harvesting practice.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 10, Garden worms are natural soil improvers</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/garden-worms.html</link>
    <description>Garden worms help your garden grow - so learn more, in particular how to encourage earthworms in your   soil as worms help you to grow even better plants.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 10, Vegetable garden soil preparation</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-garden-soil-preparation.html</link>
    <description>Learn 6 ways to improve vegetable garden soil preparation that make it easier for you to grow great vegetables</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 25, Your vegetable garden questions answered</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-garden-questions.html</link>
    <description>Answers to your vegetable garden questions posted on the site plus vegetable  gardening questions we all have, like ...</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 25, My vegetable garden </title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/my-vegetable-garden.html</link>
    <description>Find out about and follow my progress in my vegetable garden through the year</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 25, Easy Vegetable Gardening Newsletter</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/easy-vegetable-gardening.html</link>
    <description>&#39;Easy vegetable gardening&#39; is your newsletter providing information and ideas through the season to make your vegetable gardening easier</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:23:55 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 21, Vegetable garden weed control</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-garden-weed-control.html</link>
    <description>vegetable garden weed control made easy - vital for your vegetables to flourish</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 21, When to plant vegetables for best results</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/when-to-plant-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>The all important question of when to plant vegetables is best answered by saying it all depends on ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:02:56 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 16, Follow vegetable gardening planting times</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-gardening-planting-times.html</link>
    <description>Find out the optimum Vegetable gardening planting times to maximise success in growing your vegetables</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 16, Raised bed vegetable gardening makes veg growing easier</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/raised-bed-vegetable-gardening.html</link>
    <description>Learn how raised bed vegetable gardening can help you if your soil is thin/ poorly drained or you have a bad back</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:15:28 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 12, Growing potatoes for maximum yield from minimum effort</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/growing-potatoes.html</link>
    <description>Growing potatoes with minimum effort; you don&#39;t need a huge amount of digging,   find out how to grow potatoes with no digging at all ...</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:35:40 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 9, Vegetable rotation for healthy production</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-rotation.html</link>
    <description>Find out why a vegetable rotation is critical to growing productive veg crops</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:22:41 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 9, Easy Vegetable Gardening - Growing Vegetables for Pleasure</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/index.html</link>
    <description>Use my experiences of easy vegetable gardening and growing vegetables using modern techniques and vegetable garden design to save you time, effort and money</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 8, How to grow tomatoes outdoors </title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-grow-tomatoes.html</link>
    <description>Discover how to grow tomatoes and enjoy the red fruits of your labours growing tomatoes</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:58:56 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 5, Growing cucumbers outdoors</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/growing-cucumbers.html</link>
    <description>Produce your own tasty cucumbers; with modern varietes and techniques growing cucumbers outdoors is not only possible but easy</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:07:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 2, Growing broccoli provides a tasty green for your dinner table</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/growing-broccoli.html</link>
    <description>Growing broccoli is easy and provides you fresh tasty spears for 2-3 months</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:08:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Dec 1, How to grow carrots</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-grow-carrots.html</link>
    <description>Whilst growing carrots should be easy it is worth learning how to grow carrots well to ensure success</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Nov 24, How to grow asparagus</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-grow-asparagus.html</link>
    <description>Learn how to grow asparagus - the king of vegetables and you too can have a sumptuous feast each spring</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:20:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sep 30, Make healthy vegetables a part of your healthy lifestyle</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/healthy-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>Find out how healthy vegetables make a major part of a balanced healthy diet - irresistable, tasty and full of nutrients and anti-oxidants.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:21:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jul 11, Recommended rose gardening books</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/rose-gardening.html</link>
    <description>Feed your passion for roses with a selection of books on rose gardening</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:52:45 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jun 30, Allotment gardening is a great way to grow vegetables</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/allotment-gardening.html</link>
    <description>Allotment gardening: fresh food, exercise, rewarding, social and fun. This site provides the knowledge to make it easy to grow vegetables for your family</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jun 5, How to make compost</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-make-compost.html</link>
    <description>Learn how to make compost for free to improve your vegetable garden</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jun 5, An allotment book can be a valuable guide to your successful work allotment </title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/allotment-book.html</link>
    <description>Find an allotment book that suits your needs to help you allotment gardening</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jun 3, Vegetable gardening book suggestions</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-gardening-book.html</link>
    <description>A good vegetable gardening book is an essential reference for successful vegetable gardening, find one that suits you ...</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:57:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jun 3, Late Spring in my vegetable garden</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/easy-vegetable-gardening.html</link>
    <description>The Asparagus is great - a real indulgence! Two weeks left until mid June for cutting.

We are still eating leeks and chard from 2007/8.

Globe Artichoke are ready to eat as too are small Little Gem and Lollo Roso lettuce - yum!

The sown/ planted early crops of beetroot, potatoes, carrots, peas, shallots, garlic ... are well advanced and looking healthy. 

Now the risk of frosts has passed it&#39;s time for the curcubits (melon, courgette, outdoor cucumber and butternut squash) sown in April to be planted out in early June. So too can the dwarf french beans, climbing beans and sweetcorn that are growing well in my small greenhouse. 

New season brassicas (we like curly Kale and Purple sprouting broccoli and red cabbage and calabrese) have been sown in short rows and have emerged and will be grown for transplanting later. 

This spring has been a poor year for some seed germination; 50 for sweetcorn, 30 for beans and 0 pumkins, which will mean re-sowing is necessary. I&#39;m still waiting for parsnips to emerge after a month.

Sadly the unusual lovely hot sunny weather of April has been replaced by dull gloomy low cloud and rain of late -poor for one&#39;s spirits but good for growing I suppose!

My first experiment with a true board edged raised bed has been constructed at much effort compared to the usual raised earth beds. It will be used for the next sowing of carrots. 

Sign up for my monthly newsletter &#39;easy vegetable gardening&#39; for a topical article, tips/ learnings, latest pages added to the site and further updates from my own vegetable garden</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>May 16, Organic vegetable gardening</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/organic-vegetable-gardening.html</link>
    <description>Organic vegetable gardening for safe tasty local vegetables you can trust</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>May 9, Vegetable transplants</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/vegetable-transplants.html</link>
    <description>Vegetable transplants - the easy way to start vegetables - purchased or home grown they provide an instant/ quick start outside.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:09:46 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>May 9, Types of vegetables to suit your needs</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/types-of-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>Ensure you choose different types of vegetables for best benefit to suit ...</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:31:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 28, Spring has sprung - time to get growing on my plot</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening-com/my-vegetable-garden.html</link>
    <description>My vegetable garden this spring (April 2008)

We are still harvesting purple sprouting broccoli, leeks, parsnips and to our delight ... are just about to pick our first Asparagus of the year. So can look forward to 6 weeks of decadent living.

The first beetroot, carrots and lettuce are sown, and the 3 beds of potatoes are planted with well chitted seed and ridged up. The shallots and garlic are growing well and red onions have emerged from seed - sadly I couldn&#39;t find any sets this year.

Weeding is up to date - yes!

The compost is being spread and this week I&#39;m preparing beds for planting later with curcubits like melon, courgette, outdoor cucumber and butter nut squash, which are just being sown indoors.

It is great to see well prepared healthy soil being gradually covered by spring plantings and a greening with fresh young vegetable crops.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 25, Growing vegetables should be a pleasure</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/growing-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>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. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 25, Easy vegetables are the place to start vegetable gardening</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/easy-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>It is best to start growing easy vegetables to build your confidence if you are new to vegetable gardening</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apr 3, The best vegetables to grow</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/best-vegetables-to-grow.html</link>
    <description>What are the best vegetables to grow?: easy, suitable, enjoyable, productive, valuable - find out what I mean ...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:48:32 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Mar 31, Early vegetables</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/early-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>Early vegetables bring the fresh taste of spring but, with conditions against  you, can need careful choice and protection from the weather.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Mar 28, Companion planting can make for easier vegetable gardening</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/companion-planting.html</link>
    <description>Learn how to use companion planting and intercropping to boost yields and save space whilst lessening the impact of pests</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Feb 26, How to plant vegetables for greatest success</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-plant-vegetables.html</link>
    <description>It is important to know how to plant vegetables as to get it wrong wastes times and money and even the chance of a crop that season. Find out how you can maximise success.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:07:33 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Feb 26, Planting a vegetable garden should be a joy</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/planting-a-vegetable-garden.html</link>
    <description>Learn how to ensure you are planting a vegetable garden that will supply your needs for fresh vegetables over the year</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:11:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 31, Bed vegetable gardening makes growing vegetables easier</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/bed-vegetable-gardening.html</link>
    <description>Use bed vegetable gardening to allow easy access, less work, less digging - great for those with back problems</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:02:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 24, How to make a compost bin cheaply and easily</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/how-to-make-a-compost-bin.html</link>
    <description>Learn how to make a compost bin - it&#39;s easy, almost free and you can learn how to make good compost by following the guidance given ...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 17, Build a compost pile</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/build-a-compost-pile.html</link>
    <description>To build a compost pile that makes great compost you need very little apart from space and materials as shown - but you do need the know how to make it work ...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:39:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 15, Guidance on using compost</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/using-compost.html</link>
    <description>Using compost is easy, but it is best to learn how to use it wisely ...</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:53:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jan 15, Garden compost helps your soil and vegetables thrive</title>
    <link>http://www.easy-vegetable-gardening.com/garden-compost.html</link>
    <description>Garden compost is an essential part of vegetable gardening as improves the soil and enables good plant growth. Learn the key elements of making good compost...</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:57:31 GMT</pubDate>
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