3 Vegetable Plants to Always Plant Together - Three Sister's Planting

What is the Three Sisters Planting Method?

The Three Sisters Planting Method is an ancient practice dating back to almost three hundred years ago. Native American tribes such as the Iroquois and Cherokee grew Three Sister Gardens as it allowed them to successfully grow 3 crops in the area of one.  The Three Sisters Planting Method is an equally important gardening concept today as it was all those years ago as it provides long-term soil fertility whilst maximising growing space. It is a form of sustainable gardening as increases biodiversity, attracts pollinators and enhances soil fertility rather than removing it.

Is the 'No Dig' method of gardening right for me?

What is No Dig? Put simply ‘No dig’ is exactly that - a means of gardening without d...

5 common Tomato Growing Mistakes (and how to avoid them!)

Tomato plants are often one of the first plants you try as a child.  But despite a life...

9 Companion Plants to Grow with Cucumber Plants (and 3 to AVOID!)

Companion Planting is key to successfully growing cucumber plants from seed.  In our latest blog you can discover 9 plants to plant alongside your cucumbers and 3 you should avoid.  

A step by step guide to growing potatoes in containers

Can you grow potatoes in containers?

It is super easy to grow potatoes in containers, easier than growing in the ground. Find out about the different seed potatoes, which potato planter to use and how to chit, sow, earth up, and harvest home grown potatoes.

What is Plant Propagation and how it can save you money...

Propagation is the process of increasing the population or number of plants. There are 4 main methods of plant propagation.  The most common of which is takign cuttings.  Learn about how to take cuttings and fill your garden with plants even if you are gardening on a budget