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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

@vegplotter.bsky.social

Boost your courgette/zucchini harvest with these tips! 🌱
1️⃣ Soak seeds overnight to soften the coat and speed up germination.
2️⃣ Plant 2 seeds on their edges per hole.
3️⃣ If both sprout, remove the weaker seedling to let the strongest thrive.
Happy growing! 🥒✨ #GardeningTips #GrowYourOwn

Photo of a healthy courgette / zucchini plant with multiple fruits growing with yellow flowers on the ends

January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM

Kitchen Garden Magazine

@growwithkg.bsky.social

Another of the wonderful contributors to Kitchen Garden Magazine, Stephanie Hafferty 🫶🌱

#kitchengarden #growing #growyourown #gardening #plot #allotment #growyourownfood #allotmentsuk #homegrown #garden #gardenlove #gardeninspiration

January 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM

Rasta

@rastasack.bsky.social

Movin' to the country, 🎶
I'm gonna eat a lot of #peaches 🌱

Peaches weren't the reason that I started growing from #seed, but it's a good place to start.

I've got bags of #seeds stratifying now, for another #GrowYourOwn season of #SeedToTree #Gardening

#StoryTime #Thread

A wooden basket of peaches, some misshaped. Freshly picked

January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM

gardening friend

@gardeningfriend21.bsky.social

It's January 2nd—the perfect time to start planning your garden! Whether it's a small window herb box or a full backyard plot, let's cultivate some joy this year. 🌱
🌱🇳🇿
What are you planning to grow first? Share your green goals! 👇
#Gardening #GrowYourOwn #NewYearsResolution #CultivateJoy

January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

@vegplotter.bsky.social

Love planning your garden with VegPlotter? 🥕🌱

If our software has helped you grow a better harvest, we’d love to hear from you! Your feedback helps us keep improving for the whole community.

Leave a review on Trustpilot here: uk.trustpilot.com/review/vegpl...

#GrowYourOwn #VegPlotter #Gardening

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January 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM

Rasta

@rastasack.bsky.social

No need for soil, these seeds root in wet towel. A finger will begin to grow from the seed, and should be carefully transplanted into grow pots at that time.
You'll only have to cover the seed. The root will push out of the soil in a few days. (I use a grow lamp to start)
🌱 #GrowYourOwn #Peach

January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM

Brussels Kitchen Garden

@kitchen-garden.be

Indoor gardening 🌱

For city gardeners without the luxury of a greenhouse or a garden shed, indoors is the only option for bringing on plants for later planting outside.

kitchen-garden.be/diary/indoor...

#Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Indoor gardening - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden

City gardeners without the luxury of greenhouse or shed indoors is the only option for bringing on plants. If possible, a room with heating turned down.

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December 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM

Rasta

@rastasack.bsky.social

... 🎶 on a cold and grey winter morn,
another little baby tree is born
in my grow room. 🌱

Day One , a star is born. A tiny #Peach tree, from seed.
Each day, under a grow bulb it will grow another inch, and I'll stop the thread here, to let you catch up.
Eat a peach #GrowYourOwn #SeedToTree /fin

A first sign of a peach tree. A tiny gnarled sprout an inch out of the ground

January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM

Rasta

@rastasack.bsky.social

Many replies. I forgot who asked? 🌱

We were discussing the stratification of fruit tree seeds in the fridge. The person who asked, was worried the root would tangle in wet paper towel. If so, plant the tissue with it, it will hold moisture while it biodegrades.
Here's Mine now #AltText describes

Looking into a ziplock bag, rolled wet paper towel, wrapped like a cigar, are many seeds.

A single roll is removed, with seeds showing along the roll

Unrolled wet towel showing rows of spaced seeds, covered with an additional piece of wet paper towel

Knife point indicates a "bump" of seed root finger. It's starting to grow, even though it's only been a few weeks. They sprout randomly over a month. Any that don't sprout, put back in the fridge. I'll check again in two weeks. By February (4 weeks away) I expect to plant one or two inside under a grow bulb. Search my previous posts for more with hashtags like #Seeds #GrowYourOwn or #Gardening.
Feel free to ask questions

January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW

@lovinglife.bsky.social

#GardenGifts #GrowYourOwn #FloridaWinter 🌱

Red bougainvilleas with screened pool in the background

Golden Dew drop purple flowers with a ceramic bird house hanging in the background

Baby cucumber on vine blurry man gardening in background

December 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

@vegplotter.bsky.social

Ready to grow your best harvest yet? 🥕 Check out our latest blog for the top 5 essentials every beginner gardener needs to consider before digging in!☀️🌱
Read the full guide here: vegplotter.com/blog/plannin... #GrowYourOwn

December 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM

Wayne Growz

@kingwayneftlos.bsky.social

Wishing ALL a very Merry Spliffmas! 🎄🎉Hope y'all are having a joyous occasion with lots of love, fam, friends & most importantly, endless spliffs! Enjoy the blaze 🌱🔥⚕️ during the holidaze! ☃️🎩
#GrowYourOwn #420Life
#MerryChristmas2025
#ForTheLuvOfSeeds

December 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM

Tufty McTavish

@tuftymctavish.com

🥪 I think it’s time to chop into the last garden 🍅 of the season.

I yanked everything off the last of the plants as I cut them down last month, even the green ones. As long as they colour a bit at core they’ll ripen in a bowl.

Plus 🥬 from GH.

👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

A yellow bowl containing a large, ripe red Tomato (and a tiny one beside it), on a dark chopping board containing a hunk of recently baked bread and a few small-ish Lettuce leaves, freshly picked from the garden.

December 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM

Sow It Grow It and Feast

@sowitgrowitfeast.bsky.social

Merry Christmas from Sow It, Grow It & Feast 🎄
Here’s to growing our own, sharing good food, and nurturing wellbeing in the seasons ahead 🌱✨

#GrowYourOwn #GardenToTable #MerryChristmas

sowitgrowitandfeast.co.uk
merry christmas.
three elves in the snow.

December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Sow It Grow It and Feast

@sowitgrowitfeast.bsky.social

🎄⏰ Last posting day – today!

Looking for a thoughtful Christmas gift? 🌱
Choose one of our Grow Your Own sets and we’ll wrap, personalise & post it direct to the recipient 🎁💌

Order now 👉 sowitgrowsitandfeast.co.uk

#LastPostingDay #ChristmasGifts #GrowYourOwn #GiftIdeas

Last Posting Day Today.
Christmas Gifts Delivered Directly to the Recipient.
Choose one of our Grow Your Own Sets. let us have the personalised message, ad we will wrap pack and post direct.
The Perfect Christmas Gift.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM

mattthegardenguy.bsky.social

@mattthegardenguy.bsky.social

Harvest Time! 🌱🍅 Which Should I Pick First?

Deciding between fresh basil and cilantro - which one should I harvest next? 🤔

#gardening #indoor gardening #zone5b #foodgrowing #homesteading #familygardening #basil #cilantro #harvesttime #gardeningadvice #growyourown

December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Tufty McTavish

@tuftymctavish.com

🌶️ The “CC Jigsaw Brain” eating experience, courtesy of the man himself 🤣

Enjoy them, if you received any from my garden 😈

Lots of seasonal greetings,

TMcT 😆

👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌶️🌱

Ears Ringing. Eyes Watering: I ate the CC Jigsaw Brain

YouTube video by ChilliChump

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December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Brussels Kitchen Garden

@kitchen-garden.be

Winter planting 🌱

This is the best time of year for good salads. Getting small plants started indoors then hardening them off outdoors before planting in trays…

kitchen-garden.be/diary/novemb...

#Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden