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     Merryhill Mushroom kits
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    By Alan Down
    In Fungi, Mushrooms, Product Review, Protected Cropping, Urban Gardening, Vegetables
    Posted December 31, 2025

    Merryhill Mushroom kits

    I love foraging for mushrooms! Nothing very adventurous you understand as I’m not experienced and knowledgeable enough to know what is safe to eat and what is definitely not! And I’ve [...]

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     A visit to an artisan spirulina producer
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    By Alan Down
    In Polytunnel, Protected Cropping, Super food, Super-food
    Posted July 29, 2022

    A visit to an artisan spirulina producer

    Artisan Spirulina producers are dwarfed by huge commercial producers in China, USA and other countries. I wanted to see how this highly acclaimed algal food was grown. So whilst on holiday in the [...]

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     How to Grow Early Strawberries
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    By Alan Down
    In Fruit, Greenhouse Growing, Grow your own, Protected Cropping
    Posted November 18, 2020

    How to Grow Early Strawberries

    To grow early strawberries is easy and in this blog I’ll tell you how I do it. As with much of life forward planning is everything. If you want home grown tasty and fresh strawberries in [...]

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     Hot chilies? Feel the heat!
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    By Alan Down
    In Container gardening, Gardening, Gardens Visited, Grow your own, Indoor Plants, Protected Cropping, Travel, Vegetables
    Posted August 9, 2013

    Hot chilies? Feel the heat!

    Hot chilies; I’d heard about a place that grows them in South Devon. I finally got to visit them! South Devon Chilli Farm had been on my visit ‘wish list’ for years. Passing the [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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