'Fred said..'

Here is my father's method of growing parsnips: in April, sow in threes, 6 inches (15 cm) apart in the rows with 12 inches (30cm) between the rows. They need to be 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch deep (1.25 - 2cm).  Sow radishes French Breakfast in between the parsnips.  The radishes will come up first so you can see where the rows are.  This method makes it easier to weed and you get a crop of radishes before the parsnips.

'Sowing the seed'

Some of you will have been disappointed to get Gartenperle bush tomatoes instead of Tumbler. Unfortunately there was a seed crop failure and we couldn't get any Tumbler seed this year. Similarly, we couldn't get Lancia leek seed for a while.

This happens from time to time. We have to use organic seed where it is available and failing that then untreated seed.  We do not know for sure what the availability will be when we are putting together the catalogue. We will always substitute the closest available alternative and change the labels accordingly.

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Even if you are already a confident organic gardener you may not have the time or space for growing vegetables from seed or maybe the slugs have eaten your runner beans or you have a poor germination and it's too late to re-sow.

You can plan your vegetable plot with help from our useful guide:

• Planting Plan ~ showing how much space to allow for each pack
• Planting Plan information ~ explaining how the planting plan is laid out.

Harvest Dates two page document showing when all the crops should be ready to harvest.

• Harvest Dates page 1
• Harvest Dates page 2

If you still want to flick through the 2008 Catalogue is now available as a download so take a look:

• 2008 Catalogue Download
• 2008 Order Form Download

You can order a paper catalogue (2008 Paper catalogue), however, we are keen to reduce the number we send as it saves on paper especially if you usually order online.

If you have any questions, please contact us ~ contact us link.

Delivery Information

Delivery Charges explained:-
there is a flat fee charged for each plant delivery period to cover postage and packing for the whole plant order. This will be the same as 2007 which was £4 (£4.70 for Ornamentals which includes VAT), this cost is added automatically to your selection.

If you order plants from different delivery periods, each delivery period will have a delivery charge due.

Any problems ordering please do contact us - 01354 740 553.

Delivery Dates

If you have any questions, please contact us ~ contact us link.

The following dates are the planned dispatch times to you for the plants during 2008 (these may change depending on weather etc.):-

	8 - 19 July ~	July Delivery ~ Brassicas; Salads; Leeks
	30 July - 9 August ~	August Delivery ~  Oriental vegetables; Cut & Come Again Salads
	1 - 6 September ~	Autumn Bedding plants
	9 - 30 September ~	September Delivery ~ Spring Cabbage; Winter vegetables and Winter Salad
	7 - 18 October ~	October Delivery ~ Spring Cabbage; Japanese Overwintered Onions, Winter vegetables and Winter Salad
Delivery dates for the NEW collections:
	Final week ~	Tried and Tested Tomatoes
	Final week ~	Jill's Chillies
	Final Week ~	Sweet Peppers
	21 - 30 May ~	Clare's Choice Courgettes and Squashes
	TBC ~	June Clubroot - resistant Brassicas
	1 - 5 July ~	July Beetroots
	22 - 26 July ~	July Kales
	12 - 16 August ~	August Purple Sprouting Broccoli programme and August Winter Cauliflower programme
These dates may change during the year, we email you once the dispatch has happen.

Any problems ordering please do contact us - 01354 740 553.

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