For juicy fruit grow your own wine grapes

Harvesting from your own vine is an enticing prospect. To avoid disappointment, choose the right varieties

Ever dreamed of picking grapes from your own vine? Well, before you do, I’ll let you in on a super-simple (but surprisingly little-known) trick that UK growers can use to dramatically boost the flavour of their home-grown grapes without any extra effort. Coincidentally, the same tip could improve the nutrient content of your harvests and simultaneously provide you with a crop that is literally unbuyable in the supermarkets. What on earth is it? Well, simply plant a wine grape variety instead of a table variety – and now is the perfect time to do it. Here’s how it works…

Wine grapes, one might assume, would be simply too unpalatably sour to make good eating. Wrong…

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For juicy fruit grow your own wine grapes

Harvesting from your own vine is an enticing prospect. To avoid disappointment, choose the right varieties

Ever dreamed of picking grapes from your own vine? Well, before you do, I’ll let you in on a super-simple (but surprisingly little-known) trick that UK growers can use to dramatically boost the flavour of their home-grown grapes without any extra effort. Coincidentally, the same tip could improve the nutrient content of your harvests and simultaneously provide you with a crop that is literally unbuyable in the supermarkets. What on earth is it? Well, simply plant a wine grape variety instead of a table variety – and now is the perfect time to do it. Here’s how it works…

Wine grapes, one might assume, would be simply too unpalatably sour to make good eating. Wrong…

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Time to dig and clear – but beware the cold | Allan Jenkins https://t.co/ab6zQOcHSF Solicitors & Estate Agents In One Just £899 + vat .. https://t.co/eLmKfiYyW9

Time to dig and clear – but beware the cold | Allan Jenkins https://t.co/ab6zQOcHSF Solicitors & Estate Agents In One Just £899 + vat .. https://t.co/eLmKfiYyW9 (via Twitter http://twitter.com/conveyandmove/status/1091943689541308417)

Time to dig and clear – but beware the cold | Allan Jenkins

February is a month for maintenance and chitting first earlies

Preparation, preparation, preparation. February is the month of maintenance. The time for digging in organic matter. Try to pick a dry day, not too cold – you are not looking to move frozen soil up to the surface.

Sort your garden borders. Get ready. The days are getting longer, from an hour and a half to around two hours by the end of the month depending on how far north you are. Note that this doesn’t mean warmer. February is a harsh month, a time of frost, with a mean temperature in the UK of around 1 C. So dig and clear, enjoy the good work, get your sowing beds ready because seeds will start going in soon.

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Time to dig and clear – but beware the cold | Allan Jenkins

February is a month for maintenance and chitting first earlies

Preparation, preparation, preparation. February is the month of maintenance. The time for digging in organic matter. Try to pick a dry day, not too cold – you are not looking to move frozen soil up to the surface.

Sort your garden borders. Get ready. The days are getting longer, from an hour and a half to around two hours by the end of the month depending on how far north you are. Note that this doesn’t mean warmer. February is a harsh month, a time of frost, with a mean temperature in the UK of around 1 C. So dig and clear, enjoy the good work, get your sowing beds ready because seeds will start going in soon.

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Cabin of curiosities brings Camden garden extension to life

An interior designer’s clever use of space and light gives a London flat a remarkable new space

The long, light-filled hallway of Katie McCrum’s north London flat leads to a sign marked “The Cabin”. Expecting to find a garden shed, I open the glazed door to discover an extension that feels more California than Camden. The walls are lined in pale Douglas fir, polished floors radiate heat from the underfloor heating. There is an airy bedroom, a shower and a compact kitchen, complete with flip-up dining table. Wide, sliding doors open on to the garden, adding to the air of seclusion.

McCrum, an interior designer with a background in property development, designed the cabin as a “flexible, multi-tasking extension” of her two-bedroom flat, set on the ground floor of a stucco-fronted house. It is a spacious guest bedroom for friends and family who can drift easily between the flat and cabin for drinks and meals. At other times, the Camden cabin earns a tidy keep as a short-stay rental for tourists who need a central bolthole.

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