Kitchen Garden Archives - St Bridget Nurseries https://stbridget.uk/tag/kitchen-garden/ St Bridget Nurseries, for the Love of Gardening. Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:03:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://stbridget.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-stBridget_logo2_c-32x32.jpg Kitchen Garden Archives - St Bridget Nurseries https://stbridget.uk/tag/kitchen-garden/ 32 32 July Jobs in the Kitchen Garden https://stbridget.uk/july-jobs-in-the-kitchen-garden/ Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:03:53 +0000 https://www.stbridgetnurseries.co.uk/?p=2848 July Jobs July is known to be a hot and dry month so a lot of watering in the vegetable garden is necessary. Aside from this, there are many other ‘July jobs’ to be done to ensure a fruit and vegetable yield as high as possible! Here are the jobs that need doing this July; […]

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]]> Potatoes- what on earth? https://stbridget.uk/potatoes-earthingup/ Fri, 11 May 2018 14:02:26 +0000 https://www.stbridgetnurseries.co.uk/?p=2574 Potatoes – what on earth? We often hear the phrase ‘Earthing up’ whilst speaking about potatoes, especially around this time of the year. It is much simpler and more useful than it may sound! Earthing up Earthing up or ridging as it is sometimes known, is simply drawing up soil into a ridge above the […]

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]]> July in the Kitchen Garden https://stbridget.uk/july-kitchen-garden/ Sat, 08 Jul 2017 21:37:47 +0000 https://www.stbridgetnurseries.co.uk/?p=2252 It’s gearing up to be a busy time in the kitchen garden. Here our our top tips for July: Top Tips Plant specially prepared potato tubers for a Christmas crop. Imagine home grown puds on Christmas Day – yum yum. Plant in a sheltered spot. Treat woolly aphid on apples by scrubbing off their white […]

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]]> The Kitchen Garden in June https://stbridget.uk/kitchen-garden-june/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:08:38 +0000 https://www.stbridgetnurseries.co.uk/?p=2200 The Kitchen Garden in June can be a busy time. Here are some tasks you may want to be thinking about: Continue planting out or direct sowing French and Runner Beans. Check Gooseberries for sawfly larvae. These look like caterpillars and they will eat all your leaves. Hand-pick (and squash) the culprits or spray with a […]

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