Growing

The new greenhouse is very nearly complete! It has been incredibly windy over the past few days, which made it quite challenging, but I really want to get it finished…

Here are 3 different planting techniques that you might find useful when your plants arrive. Plant onions and carrots in rows next to each other, or alternately planted within the…

Even if you don’t have much space, you can still get a really good crop of spuds. All you need is a deep container that you can pop in a…

Climbing beans, peas, mangetout and sugarsnaps all need something to support them, but each grows to a different height and climbs in a slightly different way. Here’s our guide to…

Over the course of the winter I lost a lot of my greenhouse windows which got cracked in the wind. On closer inspection when I went to repair them I…

Sometimes it can seem that gardening kit costs soon add up, but more often than not there are easy DIY shortcuts that will save you a fair bit of money….

Not ALL veggies and herbs thrive in full sun. Some of them, particularly the leafier ones, benefit from a little shade on a hot day.

If, last year, you managed to grow oddly shaped, gnarly or dumpy carrots, then you need to read this little growing guide for a top crop… Carrots like light, sandy…

Over the past 4 years, I’ve been slowly transforming my veg plot from a big, overgrown patch of brambles, knotweed, tree stumps and nettles, to a serene kitchen garden with…

Everything is growing nicely in our polytunnels, and we’re happy to report that we are on schedule for spring! We’ve sown most things now, with just a few of the faster…