http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/grow-your-own-potatoes-in-containers/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/grow-your-own-potatoes-in-containers/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:38:01 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=711 You don’t need 50 acres to be able to grow your own potatoes, you can grow potatoes in pots or containers on your patio, along the side of your drive or even on a balcony and growing potatoes is not nearly as complicated as most people think. We use large buckets or tubs placed around [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/grow-your-own-potatoes-in-containers/feed/ 22 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-reasons-to-grow-your-own/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-reasons-to-grow-your-own/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:17:12 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=137 There are a number of reasons to grow your own and if you have been putting it off then read these top 5 reasons to grow your own and then get out in the garden and start digging. If you are elderly or unwell then get a friend or relative to start you off by [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-reasons-to-grow-your-own/feed/ 1 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:05:28 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=115 If you want to build your own greenhouse you may do as I did and type “build your own greenhouse” into a search engine only to find pages of websites selling books on how to build your own greenhouse. I don’t want a book, it really isn’t that hard to build a greenhouse. I am [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/feed/ 5 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-start-growing-your-own-vegetables/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-start-growing-your-own-vegetables/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:15:30 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=114 Growing your own vegetables can be both rewarding and frustrating, depending on how the years crop does. However when they grow well there is nothing like a basket of your own home grown veg, where you know for certain what has been sprayed onto them. Country Life recently published an article stating that “Vegetable seed [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-start-growing-your-own-vegetables/feed/ 2