How to Grow Asparagus Curious about how to grow asparagus? We'll break it down for you here! Growing asparagus
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Grow Your Own Meals with GardenAdvice Innovative Approach
In a world where convenience often trumps quality, GardenAdvice is revolutionising the way we approach our meals and our gardens with the GardenAdvice Gourmet initiative which is part of the GardenAdvice MyGardenTeam service. Drawing inspiration from popular meal box services like HelloFresh and Gousto, GardenAdvice introduces a unique twist – growing your own fruits and vegetables to create wholesome, delicious meals for you and your family.
The Concept: A Blend of Gardening and Gourmet Cooking
GardenAdvice’s innovative program is designed for a 12-month cycle, where participants select the meals they wish to create and are guided through the process of growing the necessary fruits, vegetables and herbs. This approach isn’t just about putting fresh, healthy food on the table; it’s a journey towards self-sufficiency, sustainability, and a deeper connection with the food we eat.
Personalized Guidance with MyGardenTeam Service
What sets GardenAdvice apart is its MyGardenTeam service. Recognizing that gardening can be daunting, especially for beginners, GardenAdvice provides personalised support from gardening experts. This includes online advice, personal visits, and phone support, ensuring that even the most novice gardeners can find success in their endeavours.
The Upside: Beyond Just Fresh Produce
While growing your own food might not be as easy as a trip to the supermarket, the benefits are manifold. There’s a significant reduction in waste, as you grow only what you need. Moreover, the process of gardening has been shown to have numerous health benefits, both physical and mental. It’s an activity that encourages you to engage with nature, exercise, and enjoy
How to Grow Asparagus Curious about how to grow asparagus? We'll break it down for you here! Growing asparagus
How to Grow and Care for Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides
Bay (Laurus nobilis), also known as bay laurel or the bay tree, is an evergreen shrub with aromatic leaves, known as bay leaves. Laurus nobilis one of the oldest shrubs in cultivation, introduced to British gardens in from as early as 1650. It’s an essential foliage plant for herb gardens – bay leaves can be used in a variety of dishes, including soups and stews and even ice cream, and are the main ingredient in a ‘bouquet garni’. They can be dried for storing or used fresh.
Sketch image from a garden planting plan recently created for a GardenAdvice client
How to Grow and Care for Oncidium Orchids (Odontoglossum) Oncidium spp. (syn. Odontoglossum)
Sow celery thinly in pots or boxes in heat in March for early varieties, or in a cold house in mid-April for the main crop. Prick off into deep seed boxes as soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle, at 5cm (2in) intervals. After hardening off, plant out from mid May to the end of June, in prepared trenches. This is not only helpful in earthing but enables watering to be carried out by flooding the trench.
Said to be an old Greek name for a similar plant (Compositae). Hardy perennials with white wooly foliage and flowers which can be cut before maturity and dried for use as `everlastings’, sometimes being dyed.
The flower form resembles an eagle’s claw, hence the probable origin of this name from aquila the Latin for eagle (Ranunculaceae). Columbine. Hardy herbaceous perennials for the herbaceous border and rock garden. The flowers and leaves are very dainty. Unfortunately, they are inclined to be short lived in heavy wet soils, but they are easily increased by seed. The flowers appear in May and June in a wide range of colors from yellows and creams to blues and reds and purples. The garden hybrids have been raised from various species, e.g. the long-spurred hybrids from Aquilegia longissima. ‘Mrs. Scott Elliott’s’ is a well-known strain, and more recently, there are the McKana Giant hybrids, with larger flowers and long spurs.
How to Grow and Care for Serviceberries Amelanchier spp.
How to Grow and Care for Camassia (Wild Hyacinth) Camassia spp.
From the time of the Greeks and Romans, various fungi have been eaten as a delicacy and the expert can find many varieties growing wild which are equal, if not superior, in flavor to the mushroom (Psalliotta campestris). But there are also a number of poisonous fungi, some deadly. The field mushrooms which appear in profusion in meadows in the moist autumn days are perfectly safe, but the inexperienced townsman would be well advised to make sure first that he is actually picking field mushrooms, because some poisonous fungi are very similar. Cultivated mushrooms are absolutely reliable and a valuable food as well as a delicacy.
To grow big Calathea Orbifolia plants, start with a piece from a big plant. Keep them in a humid place and give them bright, indirect sunlight. You can also try using small amounts of plant growth products like Miracle-Gro.