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Ripening tomatoes - 5 Ways to Ripen Green Tomatoes
Ripening tomatoes is something that most people growing tomatoes end up doing. Due to our climate it is not at all unusual to be left with tomatoes that haven't ripened...
5 More ways - Extend your growing season
Here are 5 more gardening tips to help you extend the growing season in your vegetable garden. So, if the weather has left you feeling like you have had a...
A guide to Growing bok choy or pak choi in containers
The standard Pak Choi (sometimes known as Bok Choy) is juicy, crisp, and fast maturing. It has a good, strong flavour, good resistance to bolting and fast growth and is...
A Guide to When to Plant Winter Salads
Many people are surprised to know that you can grow salad in winter very successfully without needing too much space or even a greenhouse. A sheltered spot and a little...
How to Grow Beetroot - from sowing seeds to harvesting
Growing Beetroot Beetroot are easy to grow and ideal for anyone new to vegetable gardening. Most people think of it as a pickled salad vegetable. The young leaves can be...
5 Tomato Growing Issues to Look Out For in a Wet Summer
Growing tomatoes can be one of the most rewarding experiences in the garden, but a wet summer can play havoc with a successful tomato crop. Discover the problems you could...
How to Grow Green Manure For Better Soil
Gren manure are crops that you sow in order to enrich the soil and prevent soil erosion. So, they grow and then rather than harvesting, you dig them back into the...
The 'How and Why' of Attracting more bees to our Vegetable Gardens
Bees are essential pollinators, responsible for about one-third of the food we eat. Unfortunately, bee populations are declining due to habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change. Discover how and why...
Beginners Guide to Growing an Edible Container Garden
Container gardening tips. Find out how to grow your own food all summer long on a balcony or patio. From salads to tomatoes this is how to start a mini vegetable...
Beginners Guide to Growing Rhubarb Crowns or Seeds
Discover how to grow rhubarb from seed or rhubarb crowns. All you need to know from when and where to plant it to how to force and harvest 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 digging over the plot each year. It is a a gardening method that...
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.