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Category Archives: Vegetables

Vegetables

Posted in: Vegetables | August 22, 2025 at 06:12 , by Downside Nurseries

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The main planting season is over, but we are trying to keep availability of a few short-term crops, lettuce, salad onions and beetroot. We have sown some Sweet Fennel which loves the heat but needs plenty of water. Runner Beans are in full production now. It is worthwhile to take...

Russian Kale plants

Posted in: Vegetables | July 2, 2025 at 16:43 , by Downside Nurseries

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The Russian Kale plants are now ready for planting and we also have the Redbor and Winterbor Kale. For those of you who have only just dug your early potatoes, we still have Brussels Sprouts, Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Leeks and a selection of winter cabbages. July 02 2025...

April Newsletter is here

Posted in: Fruit, Iford Manor, Season Plants, Shrubs, Spring colour, Vegetables | April 17, 2025 at 13:53 , by Downside Nurseries

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Read our latest newsletter here, published Thursday, 17th April 2025. We’re open all over the Easter weekend including Sunday as well as the two Bank Holidays in May....

Tomatoes at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Salad, Vegetables | March 25, 2024 at 12:40 , by Downside Nurseries

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For those of you who have frost protection, the first tomatoes are potted now. We have 13 varieties again this year from cherry to beefsteak. Honeycomb (yellow cherry) and Nagina (plum) proved to be very successful, so we have repeated them. Maskotka, our long-standing basket variety, was not available, so...

Vegetable notes

Posted in: Vegetables | May 21, 2023 at 07:19 , by Downside Nurseries

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Many customers seem to be trying vegetable growing for the first time. Apologies to all of you seasoned and experienced gardeners but could we remind you that now is the time to plant your winter greens? Sprouts, Purple Sprouting Broccoli and winter cabbage go in now. Kale in a week...