KG video diaries: Growing great courgettes

Published: 03:37PM Feb 28th, 2011
By: Web Editor

KG video diariesEvery month keen kitchen gardener and gardening author, Paul Peacock brings you a top tip from his plot. ​​When is a courgette not a courgette? When it’s a marrow. Both are very similar, have almost the same requirements and are usually highly successful in the UK. The difference between them is simple – courgettes are marrows bred to be at their best when harvested early, and that’s all...

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