Cucumbers
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Grow your own: Cucumbers
The traditional long, smooth cucumbers need to be grown in awarm, almost hot, humid atmosphere so require greenhouse or polytunnel conditions.
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Bag up your veg
Why not make use of the growing-bag to grow some great crops. The growing-bag is the perfect self contained veg-growing kit and averycosteffective method of container growing.
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Growing in containers
So, what’s a container? This depends on what crops you are growing, for example lettuce and salad leaves can be grown in quite shallow containers. A small trough 17cm (7in) deep and 30cm (12in) long would suffice for a few…
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Video: An Introduction to Melon Cucumbers
Steve tries growing something new, Melon Cucumbers! For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine
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Video: Starting Cucumbers
Steve takes you through how to get started growing Cucumbers. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine
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Big ideas for small spaces
Be creative in 2018 to make the most of the space you have, say The Greenhouse People… All hail the return of gardening to the ‘cool’ list. The nation is once again embracing gardening for reasons including decoration, wellness and…
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SUMMER ORZO SALAD WITH RED ONION
Mediterranean orzo pasta is great in salads, and this Greek-inspired salad is great served at your next BBQ. SERVES 6-8 Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 10 minutes • 450g/1lb orzo pasta • 1 large cucumber, peeled and diced…
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SWEET PICKLED CUCUMBER
Sweet pickling your harvested cucumbers is so easy it’s a joy! You can also use them the very same day, and they are perfect on barbecued burgers or hot dogs. SERVES 6 Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 5…
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CUCUMBER GAZPACHO
A cool soup on a hot summer afternoon is not only soothing but also rather healthy! Add as much Tabasco as you can handle… SERVES 2 | Preparation time: 15 minutes • 1 cucumber, halved lengthways, de-seeded and roughly chopped…
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A HAPPY GREENHOUSE MEANS HAPPY PLANTS
Award-winning blogger Ade Sellars has some timely advice for those of us starting off our seedlings under cover Over the next few months, our polytunnels and greenhouses will be home to our seedlings, and young plants; they will aid the…
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SPRING SALAD WITH PEAS
Spring on a plate! Enjoy this season’s best vegetables in one big salad. SERVES 4 | Preparation Time: 20 minutes • 250-300g/8-9oz mixed leaves • ½ cucumber, thinly sliced • 2-3 radishes, thinly sliced • 75-100g/3-4oz fresh peas, blanched •…
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Growing fat babies
If you struggle growing sweet peppers, or you don’t have room under cover, Achocha or Fat Babies are definitely worth a try. Growing Fat Babies (cyclanthera brachyastacha) A South American crop, they are small, oval and covered in soft edible…
