Black Country news and blogs Saturday 30 April 2016
The Vegetable Plot
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 20 – Seedlings and Seed Potatoes 
The Vegetable Plot 17 Mar 16
In this episode, I show you around the greenhouse where some of my seedlings have started to fire.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 18 – Autumn
The Vegetable Plot 26 Sep 15
A quick look around the allotment.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 17 – Harvesting early potatoes
The Vegetable Plot 30 Jul 15
In this episode, I harvest some of my early potatoes.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 14 – Planting this years potatoes
The Vegetable Plot 4 Apr 15
A very quick update showing you how I’m growing my potatoes this year.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 13
The Vegetable Plot 26 Mar 15
A quick catch up on what’s growing in the greenhouse.
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Freezing your harvest
The Vegetable Plot 15 Feb 15
If you grow your own fruit and vegetables, you will always have a glut.
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New Greenhouse
The Vegetable Plot 4 Feb 15
I’ve been looking for a greenhouse since getting the plot last year, and for Christmas, my parents bought me one.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 12 – New Year
The Vegetable Plot 4 Jan 15
I was dropping a few things off at the plot and thought I’d take my camera with me to give you a video update.
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Looking back at 2014
The Vegetable Plot 28 Dec 14
This year I have taken on another plot while giving up my two smaller ones (although I’ve still got these until it comes to renewal in April).
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How to grow Courgettes and Marrows
The Vegetable Plot 20 Dec 14
Courgettes and marrows are technically the same fruit, however marrows are left on the plant to grow for longer.
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The Vegetable Growing Year: Jobs to do in December
The Vegetable Plot 30 Nov 14
December marks the beginning of winter and the darkest of days.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 11 – Getting there
The Vegetable Plot 23 Nov 14
A quick tour of the new plot.
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Oven Drying Fruit
The Vegetable Plot 10 Nov 14
Drying fruit is a simple but effective way of preserving them, allowing you to use them over a period of a few weeks or months.
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The Vegetable Growing Year: Jobs to do in November
The Vegetable Plot 31 Oct 14
The nights are drawing in and the days are getting colder.
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The Vegetable Growing Year: Jobs to do in October
The Vegetable Plot 9 Oct 14
October marks the start of the cooler weather with some frosts later in the month.
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Jobs to do in September
The Vegetable Plot 7 Sep 14
September marks the end of the summer, most of your crops are either finished or due to be harvested.
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How To Dismantle A Wooden Pallet
The Vegetable Plot 24 Aug 14
Trawling through YouTube the other day, I spotted a video on how to dismantle a wooden pallet.
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How to grow Leeks
The Vegetable Plot 11 Aug 14
Leeks are a winter staple.
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Jobs to do in August
The Vegetable Plot 7 Aug 14
Traditionally, August has the best of the summer weather.
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It’s been a while…
The Vegetable Plot 26 Jul 14
It’s been a while since I last updated my blog.
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Dealing with Carrot Root Fly
The Vegetable Plot 13 Jul 14
Anyone who has grown carrots will know the damage carrot root fly can cause.
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Jobs to do in July
The Vegetable Plot 29 Jun 14
July is generally one of the driest months of the year so most of your time will be spent watering.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 9 – Welcome to Plot 10a
The Vegetable Plot 21 Jun 14
If you’ve been following me on twitter, you may have noticed a tweet last week about a new allotment.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 8 – May’s Tour
The Vegetable Plot 24 May 14
It’s almost the end of May and the growing season is upon us.
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How to grow Runner Beans
The Vegetable Plot 23 May 14
No vegetable plot is complete without runner beans.
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Tomatoes and chillies
The Vegetable Plot 9 May 14
My tomatoes and chillies have moved from the kitchen windowsill to their final positions; some in my old man’s greenhouse and some in the coldframe on the allotment.
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Jobs to do in May
The Vegetable Plot 8 May 14
May can be one of the busiest months of the year for a gardener.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 7 – Rain!
The Vegetable Plot 2 May 14
My plan was to spend the afternoon filming various things down the allotment.
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Steve’s Allotment Episode 6 – Tour of the allotment
The Vegetable Plot 17 Apr 14
I haven’t done a tour of the plot for a while, so on Sunday I took the opportunity to do a little filming and to show you around.
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Jobs to do in April
The Vegetable Plot 1 Apr 14
Spring is here, the soil is starting to warm up and by now your seedlings should start popping up.
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Chillies – Feel the burn
The Vegetable Plot 30 Mar 14
This year I have decided to grow three varieties of chillies; Mulato Isleno, Spike and Hotscotch.