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Using diverse crops to ensure a yield

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

This is turning out to be a very wet summer so far.  Of course this is not unusual for the UK, British weather is notoriously variable.  It is therefore equally certain that the performance of different crops will vary from … Continue reading →

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Making light work of it!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

Around this time of year everything in the garden starts to grow so fast you can nearly watch it moving upwards.  Everything green is surging towards the light and much of what grows fastest are things that gardeners traditionally do … Continue reading →

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Collecting as much food as I can from the garden (3)

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

This is an update on how I am doing with my resolve to collect as much food from the garden as possible (see the previous two posts at https://annisveggies.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/collecting-as-much-food-as-i-can-from-the-garden/ and https://annisveggies.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/collecting-as-much-food-as-i-can-from-the-garden-2/). So far this year I have been able to … Continue reading →

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Potted Polycultures (2)

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

This is a follow up to my post Potted Polycultures (1) on 2 July ( https://annisveggies.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/potted-polycultures/).  I have planted polycultures in pots partly to see what happens and party because I ran out of room in the garden.  All pots were … Continue reading →

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Potted polycultures (1)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

Maybe my interest in polycultures is veering towards an obsession; or perhaps it veered a while ago.  My actual garden space is limited so some plants that cannot be accommodated in the main polyculture patches have found homes in potted polycultures.  … Continue reading →

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