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Leek

Leek, being an Allium, is a very healthy vegetable. Its long stalk is blanched by ridging, and harvest dates are in winter. Growing, varieties, care.

Vegetable patch with no maintenance

An effortless veggie garden

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Natural tips for an organic vegetable patch

Natural techniques for an organic vegetable patch

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Onion fly

Onion fly, the reason why maggots are eating up your bulbs

Treating diseases and pests
Rocambole, or sand leek, flower containing cloves

Rocambole, the crazy garlic… and also known as sand leek?!

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Perennial leek

Perennial leek, delicious, tasty… and self-caring, too!

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Leek and ham quiche in preparation

Leek and Ham Quiche, truly delicious

Starters
Grow plants from scraps

30+ plants to grow from kitchen scraps – no need to go buy seeds!

Indoor plants
Raised beds with companion planting

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

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Winter crops

Stock the pantry with winter vegetables

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Rows of lettuce and radish sowed and planted in a spring vegetables patch.

Spring sowing and planting in the vegetable patch

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Easy growing for vegetables without even treating

No-treat vegetable patch: easy peasy

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Leaf miner symptoms on an allium leaf

Allium leaf-mining fly, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease

Treating diseases and pests

Grow lots of leek, a 2-minute tutorial video

N&G TV
onions all year round

Onions all year round

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A flower-filled garden bed in July

July garden tasks for a fulfilling summer

Month after month

Onion, Garlic, Leek, Shallot and Chives: How to Use the Allium Family at Home

Health
Leek

Leek, an easy vegetable: sowing, care, diseases, pests

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Leek benefits

Leek: How Herbal Tradition Uses It, From Broth to Poultice

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Bouquet garni ingredients: thyme, bay laurel, leek greens, parsley, rosemary (not shown).

Bouquet Garni, the perfect way to flavor meals

Herbs and spices