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The productive garden

Setting up your plot

Growing vegetables

Growing fruit

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Greenhouse growing

Tomatoes and cucumbers

Peppers and aubergines

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7 - Greenhouse growing

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Greenhouse planting
Greenhouse growing
The great thing about a greenhouse is that it expands the range of plants you can grow successfully.
A greenhouse is also a great place to start off many hardy vegetables, which means that you'll get an earlier harvest.

To keep the temperature in your greenhouse down in summer, remember to take the following steps:

  • Cover the glass with liquid shading to provide shade inside
  • Open the vents and door to ventilate and get air circulating
  • Water regularly

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    Watch clips about the basic principles of growing vegetables and making a vegetable plot .

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    7. The productive garden

    Introduction
    Setting up your plot
    Growing vegetables
    Growing fruit
    The kitchen diary
    Greenhouse growing
      Tomatoes and cucumbers
      Peppers and aubergines
    The herb garden
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