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First couple of Dragons Egg cucumbers and they are

First couple of Dragons Egg cucumbers and they are available on the veg stand! Discovered by a modern day German plant hunter in Croatia. It probably started out as a normal white cucumber but after years of repeated seed saving it’s slowly transformed it this wonderful beast! 🥒🥒🥒
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Slowly the mill garden is beginning to look more s

Slowly the mill garden is beginning to look more ship shape for the summer. I do love a good mix of nasturtiums and borage! Not only are they tasty but they attract slugs, snails, butterflies and caterpillars away from your precious veg! For more info check out my book #sowgrowgather
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AD- If you’d like your lawn to be as thick and b

AD- If you’d like your lawn to be as thick and bushy as my beard then nows the time to start feeding your grass at home! I’m going to be feeding my lawn with this organically certified lawn food from @phostrogen_plantfood 🌱
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All you have to do is sprinkle the lawn food over the surface of your lawn, making sure it’s well watered in afterwards!
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It’s pet and child friendly plus there’s no need to re-apply for 100 days as it slowly feeds your grass and gives you a thicker, greener and more durable lawn.🌱🌱🌱
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If you can put soil in it, then you can grow in it

If you can put soil in it, then you can grow in it! After last years very successful tomato plant that grew in this broken watering can, I’ve planted it up again🌱 It’s outdoors on a south facing wall, in the UK. Use any container you like as long as you allow the water to drain out, even an old toilet will do the job! Go give it a try🍅🍅🍅
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Let’s talk about robbing! I’m not talking abou

Let’s talk about robbing! I’m not talking about stealing thongs from shops or cash from your grans biscuit tin. I’m talking about nitrogen robbing. It’s the process where bacteria process carbon(woodchip, shedded plants, grass etc) and in doing this they eat some nitrogen. That’s fine in nitrogen rich compost but with poor compost you’ll be running low on the old nitro levels!!!🌱
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Tell me about your compost fetish! In the world of

Tell me about your compost fetish! In the world of peat-free compost I’m finding a large selection of brands that are suppling compost that’s pure s#%t, and not in a horse manure kind of way. Should there be an industry standard? Should they be allowed to sell any old crap labelled ‘happy farm’ to pull on your horticultural heart strings. I want to know what’s your favourite compost and why?🌱🌱🌱
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Not for vampires! Starting to pull up the lovely ‘Thermidrome’ garlic from @tamarorganics It’s turned out rather nice and I’m a fan or the purple/pink tinge to it. Just needs drying and then it will be available to buy🧄🧄🧄
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Nearly time for a cucumber party! Looks like the f

Nearly time for a cucumber party! Looks like the first cucumbers are on there way on the mini snack plants. Traditionally I’d remove the first fruits as they can be too close to the ground(giving you a weird fruit) and also the arrival of fruit can stress the plant out before it’s had a chance to build up a decent root structure. As these are small cucumbers I’ll leave these bad boys on and pick them super small for a snack or in a salad🙌🏻🥒
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Ladies and Gentlemen……Put your gloves on, get

Ladies and Gentlemen……Put your gloves on, get your seeds ready and grow that facial hair. Todays the day you can finally get Sow Grow Gather if you live in the US. 🥒🙌🏻🍅🌱
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Probably the cleanest this new tunnel will ever lo

Probably the cleanest this new tunnel will ever look! It’s all filled with new compost and wood chip and just needs a few wires installing before planting. I find it’s best to leave green waste compost to settle in place for a while before planting as it usually is still decomposing and can burn the roots of your prized tomatoes or peppers. Nobody wants that right?🙄🍅
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SOAK THOSE RUDDY BEANS! I know I ramble on every y

SOAK THOSE RUDDY BEANS! I know I ramble on every year about this but that’s because I get lots of questions asking ‘how do I stop rodents eating my prized peas’. Soaking those beans allows them to germinate and although you have to be careful not to damage them, this process makes them less appealing to your garden dwelling rodents! Soak them in some tissue paper for a few days and then plant them out direct or into your chosen container. Go give that mouse the middle finger!!👍🏻💦👍🏻
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Probably the last lot of Purple sprouting but it w

Probably the last lot of Purple sprouting but it was a decent handful. Now to clear the bed and prep for the next lot of veg to go in!🌱
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I think I’m stuck, it’s weeders knee! Is that

I think I’m stuck, it’s weeders knee! Is that a thing???
Finally cleared all of last years detritus and turds from the tunnel along with a large selection of weeds and grass! All that’s left now is to reapply some compost and get planting. First in are the Cucamelons!!!🌱
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Fresh morning here at the mill with the garlic loo

Fresh morning here at the mill with the garlic looking rather happy! Hopefully it’s the last of the frost here in Cornwall and that means it’s all go with lots of beans, melons, courgettes and pumpkins to sow🌱
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Oh peas behave!! Ever grown your own pea shoots at

Oh peas behave!! Ever grown your own pea shoots at home and then balanced them on your head? If not, all you need is some kind of container, a small amount of soil and a load of peas(not the ones in the freezer😆) and a head to skilfully balance them on! Join in and give it a try!🌱🌱
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Well shave my beard off, it’s the official publi

Well shave my beard off, it’s the official publication day of Sow Grow Gather🌱Its been a longtime in the making and I couldn’t of done it without @quadrillebooks @hardiegrantuk @harrietmwebster and the special @jimmylazergram
Go order a copy now, link in my bio🥦🌶🌱🍆
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You’ve lost your ruddy head mate! I get asked a

You’ve lost your ruddy head mate! I get asked a lot about pinching out your peppers at this time of year. If you haven’t heard of it, it involves removing the growing tip from each plant which then causes it to produce multiple growing tips from the leaf nodes giving you a very large bush and who doesn’t want one of them?!? It’s not vital you do this and I’ve found it’s not great for large elongated peppers but good for high yielding skinny or small varieties! If in doubt have a try with the odd one, there’s always next year🌶🌶
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🪴Paint me like one of your French girls…..in

🪴Paint me like one of your French girls…..in vegetables though🪴

To celebrate the publication of my first book, Sow Grow Gather, I’m giving away a shiny signed copy to 4 lucky veg lovers🌱

To enter all you have to do is:

🥦Like the post
🥦Follow @the_hairy_horticulturist
🥦Share it on your stories
🥦Finally tag someone

Each tag is one entry to this competition and I’ll choose the winners at random on the 31st March!

Good Luck🥦🌶🌱🍆

This giveaway is not affiliated or endorsed by Instagram!

P.S I won’t contact anyone before this date and I would never ask for any money. It’s just Insta fraudsters up to no good! Naughty, Naughty 👋🍆
(📸: @jimmylazergram )
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Yesterdays completed tunnel is now ready for some

Yesterdays completed tunnel is now ready for some compost! It’s the first time I’ve used aluminium base rails to hold the plastic on and although I can no longer feel my thumbs from pushing plastic strips in, it was a quick and tidy way of doing it👍🏻 Now all I need to do is prep the garden next to it🌱
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Now that’s what I call a ruddy perfect pepper! Y

Now that’s what I call a ruddy perfect pepper! You can see that the roots are poking out of the @coirproductscouk pellets so it’s time to put the whole thing into a pot. These guys have been growing in the warm propagator so I prefer to harden them off on a window sill for a few days so they become tougher and more resilient to temperature changes!🌶🌶🌶
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