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Product Bite: Pea & Bean planters - grow them anywhere!
What are Pea & Bean Planters: Pea & Bean Planters are sturdy planters with integral cane pockets specifically designed for growing peas and beans. Like all Haxnicks planters they are made from...
Pippa Greenwood: Haxnicks Gardening tips for February
So here are my gardening tips for February, Over the years it has become a ritual at this time of year. The expedition to buy the seed potatoes. Home grown...
Product Bite: Tomato Patio Planters -grow tomatoes anywhere!
What are Tomato Patio planters: Haxnicks Tomato Patio planters are roomy planters that allow anyone to grow tomatoes, even if they don't have a garden. Perfect for small and urban gardens,...
How to Grow Basil in containers or in the ground
Growing Basil is simple and easy to do. Just a single carefully nurtured plant will supply you with a good handful of basil each week. You can add it to any...
How to grow carrots from seed - vegetable gardening
There are few vegetables that taste better when they are home grown than carrots. Freshly pulled, sweet and full of favour compared to what can be bland and watery 'shop...
Growing Tomatoes: what size pot do you need for growing tomatoes?
What size pot do you need to grow tomatoes? If you want to know how to grow a tomato plant in a pot then the first thing to work out...
How to Grow Cucamelons - step by step guide
How to grow Cucamelons Cucamelons look like mini watermalons and taste like cucumber with a hint of lime. Also known as Mexican sour gherkin or Mouse Melon, they originated in...
Product Bites: Haxnicks Strawberry & Herb Planter
What are Strawberry and Herb Planters: The Haxnicks Strawberry & Herb Planter is a large patio planter (40 Litres) that has 8 planting pockets for your strawberries and herbs to...
How to Grow Sunflowers in pots or the garden
Wouldn't it be lovely if the result of this unwelcome super virus was that every garden, allotment and balcony became home to a host of sunflowers? The bees and other...
How to Grow Celery - self-blanching or trench: which to choose?
Celery was a tricky vegetable to grow but new self-blanching varieties make growing them a lot easier. In this blog find out how to grow celery in your vegetable garden,...
How to Grow Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Calabrese
Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Italian Calabrese are often confused as the supermarket sold 'broccoli' is in fact the large green headed calabrese. Purple Sprouting Broccoli is an excellent crop for...
How to Grow Crunchy, fresh Watercress
Watercress is an indigenous plant known for its food value since Roman times. The crop was introduced to commercial cultivation in England in 1808. Up until the 1960's it was...