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Domino: growing dill

Compact for pots and small spaces.

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Dorada: discover its flavour and how to grow it

An early, golden yellow snack tomato also selected for outdoor growing. Choose Dorada if you want an early yellow harvest and small fruit. At around 25 grams per fruit, you can pick a handful daily for snacks or colourful salads.

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Double Red: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Red-purple stems, leaves and cobs make Double Red a sweetcorn variety that also colours the garden. Choose Double Red if the entire maize crop should be a feature rather than colour only in the kernels.

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Double Standard: discover its flavour and how to grow it

A very early, bicoloured sweetcorn with white and yellow kernels on cobs approximately 15 cm long. Choose Double Standard for early development and two-coloured cobs. The recommendation for cooler areas is relevant, but no guarantee in cold soil.

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Doux de Florence ras van Simiane: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Elongated crimson onion for raw use. Choose Simiane for an unusual bulb shape and a dish in which raw onion can be visible. Harvesting young spreads its use.

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Doux de Florence: discover its flavour and how to grow it

White, swollen leaf bases with a fresh anise flavour. Choose Doux de Florence if you want classic white bulb fennel. The choice focuses on the edible, swollen leaf bases; ordinary herb fennel gives a different harvest.

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Doyenné du Comice: flavour and growing

Melting flesh; needs sun.

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Tarragon: varieties, growing and uses

With tarragon, it pays to smell the leaves before buying. French and Russian tarragon may seem similar, but they are not equivalent flavour choices. A French plant in a movable pot offers a little luxury for anyone who enjoys cooking eggs or sauces.

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Three compost bays for collecting, processing and maturing

The specific example comes from the USask/SWRC plan, using four equal timber frames on two long lower rails and one top rail. Mesh closes sides, divisions and back.

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Growing grapes: a garden full of flavour

A grape-covered wall can produce both white, honey-sweet seedless berries and dark Muscat grapes. Choose the site and how you want to eat them first, then the colour.

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Duchesse de Nemours: growing peony

Large white flowers and a pronounced floral scent.

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Dukat: growing dill

Vigorous growth for a larger harvesting space.

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Duke: flavour and growing

Late flowering, early harvest.

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Désirée: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Red skin, yellow flesh and a more floury cooking result. Choose Désirée for dishes welcoming a soft interior and for storage. A small comparative planting with a firm variety provides two cooking options.

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Early Black: flavour and growing

Named cultivated variety; further distinguishing features still need verification.

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Early Fortune: discover its flavour and how to grow it

An early, old variety with dark green fruits approximately 20 cm long: a manageable, classic slicing cucumber. Choose Early Fortune for an earlier-developing classic variety alongside a long Asian or round cucumber type.

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Early Rivers: flavour and growing

Relatively early selection.

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Early Shu: flavour and growing

Pale green, inverted pear shape; fine, juicy flesh.

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Echinacea: varieties, growing and uses

A coneflower is more than a pink daisy on a strong stem. The dark cone stays visible after flowering, while some species have narrow, drooping petals or yellow flowers. Give these perennials a sunny space of their own and time to form a good clump.

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Ecker 1: flavour and growing

Smaller crown; the nursery reports self-setting.

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This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.

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Growing edamame: pick the soya beans before they turn yellow

For edamame, you harvest soya beans at a different stage than for dried soya. The seeds are nicely plump, but the pod is still green. Choose a vegetable variety with a suitable growing season and reserve a sunny patch of bed for it.

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An IBC for rainwater: start with origin, weight and overflow

Plenty of water storage is appealing, but a full IBC is heavy. Choose a reliable container and position first, then plan the route from downpipe to overflow.

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A flowering border that helps the whole vegetable garden

Alongside the harvest, make room for flowers too. A small border with different flowering times makes your garden more appealing to pollinators and other visitors.

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A bean frame with sturdy poles and an accessible harvest

Build a specific A-frame for climbing beans with nine pairs of poles over 1.2m. 2.5m poles and RHS spacings give a recognisable starting point; check stability in your own position.