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HOW TO PLANT OUT RUNNER BEANS

Although i say in the intro to this video it climbing and dwarf french beans i also plant Butter Beans which are a type of Runner Bean grown especially for there larger sized beans
The easiest was for most of us for most of us to increase the amount of space we have to grow in is to grow plants vertically. Beans in their many varieties will do this as there normally method of growing is to climb up a support. I filmed this a few weeks ago and will be doing an update shortly to show you how they are growing.

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NO DIG STRAW BALE RAISED BED CONSTRUCTION

The title is far more complicated than the construction!!
One of the quickest and most effective ways of creating a new productive vegetable bed is by combining the techniques of No-Dig growing and the use of Straw or Hay bales.This film explains how and why i find this such a great way to add growing beds quickly and get the bed productively producing fresh vegetables the shortest time.

Its so easy to build and within 40minuites i was planting Courgettes,Summer Squash and Winter Squash in this new No-Dig Raised bed

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JUNE—WHAT TO SOW AND GROW

June is a great month in the garden still lots of things to plant for the Summer and also time to be thinking of some of the Winter veg we can sow. I also share with you some advice on why where you buy your seeds from can dramatically affect how successful your germination will be.

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INTERVIEW WITH CRUG FARM PLANTS CHELSEA 2013

Unlike most nurseries which offer us different cultivars of various plants, Crug Farm uniquely offer varieties of species collected by them in the wild and even have brand new unnamed species they have discovered just like the great plant hunters of the last century.  Sue and Bleddyn travel the globe for up to three months at a time to the most inaccessible far flung corners of the globe.

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