Posts Tagged ‘douce-provence’
Allotment Gardening: First Early Prep
Posted by: louesejackson on: February 5, 2012
Well, finally it seems that Winter has arrived in England. However my first earlies keep plugging along and growing nicely inside the conservatory where they have been living for the last few weeks now. Some of them have graduated from seedlings to little plants and will need some propping up soon. I made the decision [...]
Signs of Life
Posted by: louesejackson on: January 27, 2012
Three weeks after we planted our first set of First Early Douce Provence peas, we are starting to see results. As you can see, week 1 and 2 are showing some results, and I’m quite impressed with that first growth on the left there from week 1. I’ll have a hard time deciding which of [...]
Allotment Garden: First Earlies Part 1
Posted by: louesejackson on: January 4, 2012
- In: Allotment Gardening | England | Foodstuffs | Storyline
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Today Henry and I spent a little bit of time planting our very first “first earlies”. As far as I can tell, some vegetables have three designations: First Earlies Second Earlies Maincrop I have only run into this designation for potatoes and peas, however I know “earlies” and “maincrop” are words that get thrown around [...]
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- louesejackson: Thank you! How are your boys doing? I have been woefully terrible at keeping up with blogs recently. I think when the spring comes, I'll get back in
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- louesejackson: I have noticed that (minus Quebec milk and dairy) it's pretty much the same price, minus the conversion. I prefer not to think about the converted pri
