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Happy Birthday Plot - 1 Year Old Today

Just a quick message, I sowed my very first seeds in my newly built timber raised beds on 10th April 2007 which was 1 year ago!

I’m hoping for an even better crop this year and look forward to a new set of experiences when I try growing different vegetables like butternut squash, beetroot, mange tout, parsnip, savoy cabbage and broccoli.

Heres my very first blog post about seed sowing on my 3 raised plots on 10.04.2007: Blog Posting 10.04.07.

Please click here to view my harvest of vegetables over the last year.

Current growth on Plots 1 to 3 - 10.04.2008
Plot 3 Wk 8 Progress of peas, broad beans and new sowings


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Week 8 - 5th April 2008 - Veggy Plot Progress Report

The weather was lovely and warm last week with temperatures higher than normal with the thermometers hitting 17 degrees on Friday 4th April 2008, I was happy thinking my seeds will finally get underway with their growing, until today Sunday 6th April where the temperatures dropped off the scale at a frustrating minus 2 degrees centigrade.

Heres a picture of my snowy vegetable plot:

Snow Covered Vegetable Plots
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Today I will mostly be cooking Carrot Soup

One of my New Years resolutions was to learn how to cook with the vegetables I grow. I am a complete novice at cooking and usually I would just cut and steam them with a meat or fish dish, very nice but not very creative.
carrot harvest 270108
So today I harvested some carrots (Autumn King 2 variety) and decided to put my plan into action to make soup. I had already bought the 1 litre soup n sauce bags (heavy gauge, zip seal and gussetted so they stand up on their own) from Lakeland.

Easy Carrot Soup

Serves 1 - Heres what you need: (more…)


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End of 2007 Update of Veggy Plots

Week 38 - 28th December 2007

Today I will mostly be updating you of the current growth on my 3 back garden vegetable plots.

Plot 1

28.12.07 Plot 1
Still Growing and ready for harvest: Pak Choi, Turnips, Chicory and Carrots.
Not ready for harvest yet: Mini Leeks.

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Today I will mostly be Sowing Broad Beans and Peas..

Broad Beans and Overwinter Pea SeedsBroad Bean SowingsPea Sowings
Today I was mostly concentrating on sowing in Plot 3. I pulled out the summer lettuce which was running to seed, raked over the bed and sowed 2 small rows of ‘The Sutton’ Broad Beans. This dwarf variety is particularly good for the smaller garden, as it doesn’t require as much staking as other taller varieties.

I also sowed some Pea First Early Douce Provence Seeds in a small quarter in Plot 3 as well.

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Week 29 - 27.10.07 - Winter Warmers

Turnips wk 29

Today I will mostly be wrapping up my veggy plot and potato tubs in horticultural fleece. With the windy weather this was not the most easiest of jobs. Once I finally got the fleece down over the plot and pegged it down with large rocks, I realised I would need a way of removing it in the mornings without it blowing away from me.

Top Tip- When removing your fleece from the plot or raised bed in the mornings, remove the rocks/pegs and use a length of bamboo cane to roll the fleece up onto the cane so that you can store this at the side of the plot or upright in a shed if removing completely. It is then easy to re-lay over your plot before nightfall. (more…)


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Hi I'm Tracey, aged 29 and live in Essex, UK.

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I set up my own vegetable plot in my back garden in April 2007. This is my first plot so stay tuned for the trials & tribulations of harvesting my very own crop.

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