Category Archives: Janine’s GROWing

Info on Janine’s attempts to GROW for Oxfam in 2011 :)

Water water everywhere…..

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Crumbs, what a May and June! No rain one month, deluges the next. It’s not helped my little plants one bit. The onions need rain to develop. So even though they are ready to pick, they are still teeny tiny!! … Continue reading

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Venturing to the vegetable patch…..as GROW begins!

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but don’t fear – my plants are not dead! Well, not all of them anyway There have been a few casualties, through slug attack, poor compost, cold and ‘unexplained death’ (no one knows … Continue reading

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Grow 4 – It’s getting exciting!

Another week goes by, and the plants have changed again! I can’t believe how fast they grow when given the right conditions….. or how much I fret when I think their leaves don’t look quite the right colour! The courgettes … Continue reading

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GROW-3

A bit of an up and down week this week. My courgettes definitely did take a turn for the worst I think when I put them into bigger pots I did something to the roots and they are very much … Continue reading

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GROW-2

OK, so the last post showed my seeds having sprouted. Hooray!! But how did they carry on doing? Well….. The tomato which survived now has it’s second leaves and looks a bit tomato like! The sweetcorn is going really well … Continue reading

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