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Another silly question which I'm sure has been asked before, but as my strawberry plants have come to an end, I'm wondering how to protect them over the winter months. Mine our in hanging baskets and…Continue
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I've just been reading an article in this months 'grow your own' magazine about growing Onions and its a little confusing about which is better to grow Onion seeds or Onion sets. I've never grown…Continue
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Any advice on this? I have been getting flowers but after some research, I found they tend to have male flowers grow first and later the female flowers come through, which produce the veg. But so far…Continue
Tags: Flowers, Plants, Courgettes
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Stephen Shirley commented on TheLittleBalcony's blog post Aloe Vera - New ShootsPosted on May 16, 2012 at 12:53 0 Comments 0 Likes
1 Pepper (sweet)
1 Courgette - sliced with a potato peeler
1 tbsp of Chili Oil
1 Jar of Roasted Passata Sauce (see Recipe)
1 Large handful of Linguine Pasta
Salt & Pepper to season
Heat a griddle and add the Chili Oil, cut the pepper into large slices and grate the Courgette lengthways, to create large slices. Add these to the oil once smoking and cook till they are tender and brown. Remove and place to kitchen towel to drain excess oil…
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As mentioned on my TLB facebook page recently, I've started to put a plan together for selling a few jars of the preserves I've been making, such as Chili Jam, Tomato Chutney and even the Passata Sauce and to my surprise my boyfriend, Zac, suddenly decided he wanted to make and sell Hot Sauce.
For those of you who have read about the Chili plants I bought for him last year, we ended up growing quiet a large amount of chilies and we found it really hard to decide what to do with…
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Not wanting to buy any new Strawberry plants this year, last year I decided to pot up some Runners from the 'Alice' Strawberry plants I bought. Luckily all four plants grew really well and were eventually individually potted up for over wintering, during our colder months in my little greenhouse.…
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A few weeks ago I managed to get out onto the Balcony, the sun was even shining, and do my spring tidy up after the mild winter we've had. I wanted to create a lot more space, as it seems the balcony has been taken over by a lot of garden waste, so I started with this first. I've been collecting a couple of bags of waste, old soil, leaves, so these were the first to go.
Next was the greenhouse. I've had this for a few years now and you can tell as its looking a little old, but its…
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Paul Hearne said… Hey, just thought I'd pop by and say hope you have a great birthday and if I knew what all these credits were about I'd have sent you a cake haha!!!
Enjoy whatever you get up to ;)

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