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Growing pumpkins
If you fancy growing pumpkins for autumn then now is the time to get growing! Vicki Cooke, former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, has some tips to get started.
Vicki Cooke
Vicki has had a varied career in horticulture, from vegetable seed producer with the Heritage Seed Library to conservation manager with Plant Heritage, via the walled kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace. Now working with the National Plant Collections, the perfect place to combine a love of plants with an interest in the diversity, history and culture associated with them. Always with a soft spot for edibles and a member of the RHS Fruit, Vegetable and Herb committee.
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Kales, Collards and Coleworts
Former Hampton Court Palace Royal kitchen garden keeper, Vicki Cooke explores the weird and wonderful world of easy to grow kale.
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Spring beauty in the deep midwinter
Plant historian Vicki Cooke unravels the origins of a great garden import โ winter purslane; Otherwise known as spring beauty
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Grow currants in your garden
Advice and top tips on growing blackcurrants, redcurrants, whitecurrants and gooseberries from Vicki Cooke.
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Artichokes; a historical delicacy
Former Royal Kitchen Garden keeper Vicki Cooke unravels the historical uses of globe artichokes.
Plants
Rock samphire
Rock samphire was popular back in the 1700s, but lost favour. Vicki Cooke has been growing this old herb in the kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace.
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Growing tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of our most familiar fruits and it is hard to imagine European cuisine without it. Vicki Cooke explores the history of the tomato as well as her top growing tips.
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Grow nasturtiums
Nasturtiums reward you in many ways, with edible leaves, flowers and seeds and best of all, they are easy to grow from seed.
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