THE AIMS OF THIS SITE ARE
To bring you some basic advice on suitable vegetable seed varieties, for different areas of the U.K. Endeavour to encourage you to grow as wide a variety of vegetables as possible, so that you will have vegetables in season for most of the year. Anybody can harvest vegetables in high summer and autumn, but it takes experience and planning to harvest vegetables in the middle of winter or especially in the spring and early summer!
To suggest varieties of tubers, such as potatoes, onions, shallots and garlic.
To suggest varieties of Soft fruit that grow successfully even in Scotland. Soft fruit growing is reasonably straightforward and rewarding. Picked at the peak of ripeness, the flavour is better than anything you can buy at the supermarket.
To suggest varieties of stone fruits that prosper even in the colder and wetter areas of the U.K. Try to choose self-fertile varieties of plums and cherries for ease of culture.
To suggest varieties of apples that are alleged to be resistant to Canker, the worst problem in the colder, wetter area of the U.K.
To suggest soil improvement and conservation methods, labour saving techniques, and alternatives to the use of pesticides.
To suggest sources of other useful information.
To provide harvesting and storage hints for fruit and vegetables, as well as recipes and cooking techniques for some of the more unusual vegetables.
To suggest varieties of tubers, such as potatoes, onions, shallots and garlic.
To suggest varieties of Soft fruit that grow successfully even in Scotland. Soft fruit growing is reasonably straightforward and rewarding. Picked at the peak of ripeness, the flavour is better than anything you can buy at the supermarket.
To suggest varieties of stone fruits that prosper even in the colder and wetter areas of the U.K. Try to choose self-
To suggest varieties of apples that are alleged to be resistant to Canker, the worst problem in the colder, wetter area of the U.K.
To suggest soil improvement and conservation methods, labour saving techniques, and alternatives to the use of pesticides.
To suggest sources of other useful information.
To provide harvesting and storage hints for fruit and vegetables, as well as recipes and cooking techniques for some of the more unusual vegetables.
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