And if you don't want to fiddle about making your own you can always buy them direct from LBS. They will last a lifetime. Also fleece pegs to anchor it down.

http://www.lbsgardendirect.co.uk/

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I picked this recipe card up in Waitrose It is absolute heaven. 400 g rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces 200 g golden caster sugar (I made my own with Granulated in the blender) 150 g butter softened 2 eggs, lightly beaten 75 g self-raising flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 100 g ground almonds grat...

We use the build-a-ball to cover veggies with netting. Works well, but you do need patience and to make sure the canes are all the right size and length. Some can be narrow one end and they tend to slip out. The holes in the balls are angled so not quite the same as punching holes in a tennis ball. ...

Forgot to say - it keeps well in the fridge sealed in a poly bag for 4-5 days.

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You can still eat just the flowers Compo. All the time the stems snap clean when you pick them.
The main thing is to keep picking to keep the plants cropping.The should go on for a while longer yet.
Mine are.

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If you have been gardening for so many years surely you know the kind of veggies you like to eat. Raised beds are no different from flat beds. They just need a little more attention with watering and replenishing with extra rotted compost each year. The seed catalogues are full with more choice than...

There is a dwarf variety called 'Hestia'.
Kings and Suttons and probably other seed suppliers have them.
Can be grown in pots. Personally I don't think much of the flavour but if you want early beans worth a try.

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We have been gardening with raised beds for the last 15 years. Although I have to say we didn't start out with that idea, it just happened, with all the manure etc that we piled in they became raised. Now we do have some purpose built beds but they do take a great deal of filling and tend to dry out...

Personally I wouldn't bother. They should germinate in their own time without. If you cover the seed bed you will have to watch for keeping them watered and this can create a crust on the top for the seedlings to struggle through. They are quite hardy little fellows. Sow and leave well alone would b...

Patience - they can take up to 6 weeks to germinate.
I sowed mine on 29th March and nothing showing yet.

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Got to be leeks for me - a couple of leeks and they can be turned into a meal. As for fruit - anything, we eat it all but plums and pears particular favourites.

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I use the stems like celary - young eaten raw in dips etc. or lighly cooked with a cheese sauce.

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Autumn onion sets are in all the garden centres, large DIY (B & Q, Homebase etc), all the main seed cataloges from about late August/September onwards. The sooner they are planted the better to give them a head start before the bad weather sets in but really anytime up to the end of October and ...

Yes, Purple Sprouting Broccoli