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  Potager of fruity hues

  Tutti Fruit on 20 Jun 2010 at 06:22 PM

  Fancy learning some Norwegian? Here's a great expression for you... 'TING TAR TID' (tid - pronounced 'tee') Remember those tiny seedlings and all that bare earth? I was fortunate to spend 7 days away working at the Chelsea Flower Show and when I came back the whole thing had just... Read More...

  Comments: 6 Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, Fruit, Model Vegetable Garden, potager, apple, trained tree form, stepover, vegetable, lettuce, cabbage:potager, chamomile, veg, flower, wild strawberry, turnip, pea, bean, herb, ting tar tid, visit
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  Pinks and greens, a sight to be seen

  Tutti Fruit on 25 Apr 2010 at 09:13 PM

  The apple stepovers are now coming into their own, putting on a show that defies the barren soil beneath them (it's been so dry I've held off seed sowing). One of the earlier apples here is 'Katy' (syn. 'Katya') a Swedish variety, producing lovely bright red apples. I'm happy... Read More...

  Comments: 0 Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, Model Vegetable Garden, potager, apple, stepover, lettuce, evolution spiral, parasitic wasp, blossom, irrigation, cabbage
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  Is this the new string theory?

  Tutti Fruit on 09 Apr 2010 at 08:44 PM

  ..or just the work of a rather large spider? perhaps it's just my own 'Theory of Everything' potager related... Well...ok, you're right, it's none of these things. In putting together this potager design I realised it was important to keep it simple (unlike String Theory ?) while... Read More...

  Comments: 1 Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, Model Vegetable Garden, potager, trained tree form, stepover, potato, fruit', vegetable, sowing pattern, soil, lettuce, shallot, string, planting plan