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Alison Mundie

  • Date Joined: 15 Jan 2007

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  • Final Feast

    Alison Mundie on 05 Nov 2008 at 04:13 PM

    The great kitchen garden move means that all the remaining veg needs to be harvested or replanted/moved – that’s quite a lot. There are some gorgeous leeks, kales, leafbeets, and parsnips, all of which would normally crop over the winter. Jerusalem artichokes usually would stay in the ground and be harvested... Read More...

  • Veg on the Move!

    Alison Mundie on 05 Nov 2008 at 02:57 PM

    Visitors to Harlow Carr will notice lots of activity in the kitchen garden over the coming weeks – veg growing is moving to a temporary site elsewhere in the garden, so that work can start on our new Learning Centre. Gardeners are currently busy lifting perennial veg plants, taking cuttings, etc, and... Read More...

  • Flaming June

    Alison Mundie on 27 Jun 2008 at 04:18 PM

    Spent the early part of the week repairing damage from Sunday's gales and heavy rain - propping up the broad beans, tying escaping peas back in, staking battered cut flowers. Last week's blog about plant supports turned out to be uncannily appropriate... We have been regularly harvesting lettuce... Read More...