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Green manures DT Browns

Friday, September 27th, 2013

Green Manure Mustard (White) Seeds
 £1.79
Perfect for soils lacking organic matter, it grows on most soil types and produces large amounts of green matter and fibre and will help structure and moisture retention. Helps hold valuable nutrients and is ready for digging-in in only 4 to 8 weeks from sowing.

Green Manure Crimson Clover Seeds
 £1.79
A fast growing weed suppressant and great for beneficial insects, crimson clover is an excellent nitrogen ‘fixer’. Ideally dig in just before it flowers. Works very well in exposed areas.

Green Manure Lucerne (Alfalfa) Seeds
 £1.79
A deep rooting nitrogen fixer which will reach down and improve the sub-soil. If desired it can be left for a year or more before being dug in.

Green Manure Winter Rye Seeds
 £1.79
One of the very best over-wintering green manures. Soil structure is greatly improved through the abundance of fibrous roots produced and nutrient retention is improved in wet weather.

Green Manure Phacelia tanacetifolia Seeds
 £2.19
Winter hardy so can be over wintered. Ideal for adding humus content to impoverished soils.

Green Manure Seeds Collection
 £6.95
The great value collection includes:- Crimson Clover A fast growing weed suppressant and great for beneficial insects, crimson clover is an excellent nitrogen ‘fixer’. Ideally dig in just before it flowers. Works very well in exposed areas. Lucerne (Alfalfa), A deep rooting nitrogen fixer which will reach down and improve the sub-soil. If desired it can be left for a year or more before being dug in. Mustard (White) Perfect for soils lacking organic matter, it grows on most soil types and produces large amounts of green matter and fibre and will help structure and moisture retention. Helps hold valuable nutrients and is ready for digging-in in only 4 to 8 weeks from sowing. Phacelia tanacetifolia Winter hardy so can be over wintered. Ideal for adding humus content to impoverished soils. Winter Rye One of the very best over-wintering green manures. Soil structure is greatly improved through the abundance of fibrous roots produced and nutrient retention is improved in wet weather.

Autumn Sow Seed Collection
 £9.95
A collection of seeds for autumn sowing to give early crops next year just when the stores are depleted! The collection contains: Spring Onion, White Lisbon Winter Hardy Cauliflower, Mayflower F1 Cabbage, Spring Hero F1 Calabrese, Aquiles F1 Pea, Excellenz Broad Bean, Super Aquadulce Lettuce, Winter Density Green Manure, Phacelia tanacetifolia SAVE £4.27!

Grow something different

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

If you tend to grow the same things all the time it can be good to look at something a little different:


Okra Cajun Delight F1 Seeds
 £1.49
This essential taste of the deep south of America has been bred to perform well in our cooler climate, giving high yields of ‘ladies’ fingers’ of ‘bindi’. Pods retain their shape when stir-fried or add to casseroles to appreciate that unctuous texture.

Celtuce Seeds
 £0.99
Also known as stem lettuce or Chinese lettuce, the leaves and 2.5cm/1in diameter stems can be used either raw in salads or cooked. The stems are best peeled before use.

Winter Purslane Seeds
 £0.99
Claytonia perfoliata- High in Vitamin C, this American native is also known as miner’s lettuce, as it was widely eaten during the Californian Goldrush. Totally hardy, it is an excellent cut-and-come-again salad crop right through the winter months.

Cardoon Seeds
 £1.09
A ‘must’ in the walled kitchen gardens of the great houses of the Victorian era, when this tall cousin of the globe artichoke had its stems blanched like celery. This perennial is also valuable as an ornamental plant for the back of a border. Easy to grow and manage.

Samphire Seeds
 £2.39
Utterly delicious and not easy to find unless you live close to the coast, this wild plant of salty mudflats and the shoreline produces succulent tender shoots with a flavour reminiscent of asparagus, but a taste all of its own. It is nothing short of an absolute treat – we love it! Instructions given! Note: germination may be erratic.

Comfrey Seeds
 £0.99
Grow your own organic plant food, mulch and compost accelerator! Comfrey has often been described as a ‘wonder plant’ because of its many benefits and uses. The leaves can be steeped in water to make ‘comfrey tea’, which is an excellent food for many plants.

Celery Parcel Seeds
 £0.99
This resembles a flat-leaf parcel, but the foliage has a distinct celery flavour. Sometimes known as ‘leaf celery’, this vigorous biennial plant is great for flavouring a wide variety of dishes, including soups and casseroles.

Plant an apple tree

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

An apple tree is a lovely addition to a garden. There are lots of types and you can grow cooking or eating apples.
Pretty blossom in the spring and fruit later in the year!

Apple Lord Lambourne £19.95

Apple Tree (UK Regional) Collection £59.80

Apple Tree Beauty of Bath £19.95

Apple Tree Bloody Ploughman £19.95

Apple Tree Braeburn £17.95

Apple Tree Bramley – The Original Cooking Apple £18.95

Apple Tree Bramley – The Original Cooking Apple (Patio) £18.95

Apple Tree Charles Ross £19.95

Apple Tree Collection Braeburn Egremont and Bramley £38.85

Apple Tree Collection Braeburn Jubilee & Cybele £55.85

Apple Tree Collection Laxton’s Fortune Egremont Russet and Bramley £46.85

Apple Tree Crab Apple Royalty £19.95

Apple Tree Croquella (Patio) £29.95

Apple Tree Cybele £22.95

Apple Tree Deltardive £19.95

Apple Tree Egremont Russet AGM £18.95

Apple Tree Ellison Orange £19.95

Apple Tree Estival £19.95

Apple Tree Greensleeves £19.95

Apple Tree Jubilee £24.95

Apple Tree Laxton’s Fortune AGM £18.95

Apple Tree Lord Derby £19.95

Apple Tree Meridian £19.95

Apple Tree Park Farm Pippin £19.95

Apple Tree Pinova £18.95

Apple Tree Queen Cox Self Fertile £17.95

Apple Tree Tydeman’s Late Orange £19.95