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For visitors - to the house (Dremmwel), the gite (Valanec Uhel), the gardens, and the experimental potager at Valanec (Hanvec, 29460 Brittany, France).
Category Archives: raised beds
Progress (and setbacks) with raised beds at Valanec Uhel (February 2012)
Last season produced excellent potato, red onion, shallot, leek, parsnip, strawberry, pea and bean crops. The fèves proved tiresome to prepare, and tended to fall over in the wind, but the coco de paimpol were fine, and much appreciated. The … Continue reading
Update on the raised beds at Valanec Uhel (June 2011)
From very small beginnings, the vegetable garden at Valanec Uhel has grown from three concrete cold frames in 2004, followed by 3 wooden constructions in 2009 – built to solve pressing problems growing strawberries and carrots – to a total … Continue reading
Posted in Experimental "potager", garden, gardening, raised beds, Valanec, vegetable
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Potager open to public on 5 June 2011
As part of an initiative by our local pressure group for sustainable development, Hanvec 21, and as part of the national event Bienvenu dans mon jardin (organised by the association Jardiniers de France), the experimental raised bed potager will be open … Continue reading
Posted in Bickerton, Brittany, Dremmwel, Experimental "potager", Experiments, gardening, raised beds, Valanec, Valanec Uhel (gite), vegetable, visit, visitor
Tagged Brittany, Finistère, Hanvec
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Profusion of Sweet Peas
The sweet peas at the end of the potager are in full bloom. On a still day their perfume fills the area and even accompanies visits to the nearby compost heap! A great backdrop when you’re gardening. And just in … Continue reading
Posted in Experimental "potager", garden, plants & shrubs, raised beds
Tagged broccoli, sweet peas
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