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Garden News is the magazine for every gardener, bringing you everything you need to know in the garden each week. Each issue is packed full of practical, down-to-earth gardening tips, grow-your-own advice, ideas and inspiration, as well as all the latest news, new plants and products plus great money-saving offers and free gifts. See what we're all about in our sample mini mag!
Garden News is the magazine for every gardener, bringing you everything you need to know in the garden each week. Each issue is packed full of practical, down-to-earth gardening tips, grow-your-own advice, ideas and inspiration, as well as all the latest news, new plants and products plus great money-saving offers and free gifts. See what we're all about in our sample mini mag!
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er salads<br />
Super quick-grow spring<br />
onions are ready in just<br />
over a month<br />
5<br />
SPRING<br />
ONIONS<br />
are compact and simple to<br />
grow, making them ideal in<br />
containers and window boxes, but<br />
in the garden, you’ll need a soil that<br />
can be raked to a fine tilth to get<br />
consistent germination. They’re best<br />
sown in drills 10cm (4in) apart, right<br />
until the end of June, for harvesting<br />
throughout the summer. They first<br />
reach a usable size after about six<br />
weeks and it’s best to pull them<br />
quickly before the bulbs get too big.<br />
TRY ‘White Lisbon’, ‘Ramrod, or<br />
purple-tinged ‘Apache’.<br />
Sweet, crunch<br />
carrots can<br />
produce baby<br />
roots in under<br />
two months<br />
A mix of potted<br />
salad leaves makes<br />
for easy pickings<br />
6 CUT-AND-<br />
COME-AGAIN<br />
LEAVES are ready<br />
in four weeks. A whole variety<br />
of loose-leaf lettuces and other<br />
leaves, such as mizuna, oriental<br />
mustard, pak choi and rocket,<br />
can be sown individually or<br />
mixed for a combination of<br />
colours, flavours and textures.<br />
To harvest, cut young leaves<br />
about 2cm (1in) from soil level,<br />
leaving the central growing<br />
points intact to give two or<br />
three more harvests. Grow in<br />
well-watered pots, window<br />
boxes, or decorative rows in the<br />
garden. Sow every two to three<br />
weeks outdoors until August.<br />
TRY lettuces ‘Green Salad Bowl’<br />
and ‘Catalogna’, rocket ‘Apollo’,<br />
or one of the seed mixes available.<br />
7<br />
BABY<br />
CARROTS have<br />
such a sugary crunch<br />
they’ll be lucky to make it<br />
as far as your salad bowl!<br />
Early, rather than maincrop,<br />
varieties are particularly fast<br />
growing and should produce<br />
baby roots in seven weeks.<br />
Seeds are best sown about<br />
1cm (½in) apart, in shallow<br />
drills 15cm (6in) wide, in<br />
fertile, well-drained soil.<br />
You can do this until the end<br />
of this month. Carrots also<br />
flourish in deep pots, where<br />
their feathery foliage looks<br />
attractive. Protect crops from<br />
carrot fly by growing under<br />
horticultural fleece.<br />
TRY fast-maturing ‘Ideal’<br />
for a rich taste.