by - written on 29/08/12 (Very useful, 50 readings)
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INTRODUCTION At around this time of year, the seasons dictate that the strawberries have all been picked, fruit trees are almost ready to give us their gifts and tomatoes struggle to ripen in the weak British sun, or lack of. If you try to eat seasonally by growing your own, leeks are a plant that can be planted around now ... Read the complete review
by - written on 18/11/11 (Useful, 8 readings)
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I have always grown leeks from plug plants, as it just makes it so much easier. Ultimately you need to earth up soil around the bases of the leeks to blanch the stems, and so to facilitate that I find it easiest to plant my plug plants at the bottom of a trench. Dig the trench about 20 cm wide and 15cm deep. In Auguest/September plant ... Read the complete review
by - written on 09/12/09, updated on 09/12/09 (Very useful, 21 readings)
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I absolutely love leeks and have just done a leek and potato soup whichI have just ate, yum yum. Next year I am going to start growing vegetables in my new garden and leeks will certainly be featuring in it! I love putting leeks in absolutely anything, stews, casseroles, of course soups, lasagne, bolognaise. My last ... Read the complete review
by - written on 27/10/09 (Very useful, 13 readings)
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Organic Leeks ----------------- Organic Leeks are a fabulous winter vegetable, reliable and nutritious when other vegetables are scare. Even better, they are easy to grow, through they must be planted early in the year for a crop the following winter. +++ How to Grow Organic Leeks +++ Leeks in snow ... Read the complete review
Leeks: I've had a leek!! (1292 words)by - written on 05/05/04, updated on 05/05/04 (Very useful, 634 readings)
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A very long time ago I promised a fellow Dooyooer I would write about leeks! This followed my smash review on Turnips. Don?t laugh that was about the first crown I ever got! And in the absence of anything else to write about??. I?m just joking! I?ve gone on this healthy eating lark and decided to expand my intake of vegetables past ... Read the complete review
by - written on 28/06/01, updated on 16/01/02
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It;s time to plant up your leeks;the young seeds sown early in the year should be the thickness of a pencil,and ready for transplanting.I find leeks are an easy crop to grow there size will depend on the food and moisture they recieve over the next few months.they prefer to be grown in well drained soil with lots of well rotted organic ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/06/01, updated on 13/06/01 (Very useful, 139 readings)
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As far as irrational fears and phobias go, my morbid and very deep rooted loathing of all things rootlike (i.e. VEG, but I shudder to use the word, it reminds me of middle class women crowding into packed market stalls and rushing away branding a foul smelling cauliflower, so I will refrain from the word, if you have no objection) is a ... Read the complete review
