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5 More ways - Extend your growing season

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...
Sarah Talbot
Apples on an apple tree with Haxnicks gardening tips how to grow apples from seed the best way

How to Grow Apples from Seed

Can I grow an Apple from seed? Ever eaten an apple and wondered how to grow an apple tree? Or pondered whether you could plant the pips and grow your own...
Sarah Talbot
A guide to Growing bok choy or pak choi in containers

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...
Sarah Talbot
How to grow winter salad, the best way to grow winter salad leaves

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...
Sarah Talbot
What Garden Tools Do I Need to Start a Vegetable Garden?

What Garden Tools Do I Need to Start a Vegetable Garden?

Here are the basic garden tools that you need to start your own vegetable garden.  We have taken 5 of the most popular vegetables grown in UK gardens and outlined...
Sarah Talbot
beetroot - the best way to grow beetroot

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...
Sarah Talbot
Step by step: How to grow carrots in planters

Step by step: How to grow carrots in planters

One of the easiest ways to grow carrots successfully and easily is by sowing seeds directly into Carrot Planters - they're ideal for growing in small spaces such as patios, balconies and terraces!
Nicola Wallis
Haxnicks gardening advice how to grow spring cabbages the best way

The best way to Grow Spring Cabbages at home

What is Spring Cabbage? Spring Cabbage is a is delicious and tender variety of cabbage that you plant in summer and eat the following Spring. They are smaller and sweeter...
Sarah Talbot
5 Tomato Growing Issues to Look Out For in a Wet Summer

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...
Sarah Talbot
Sustainable watering: How to Conserve Water in the Vegetable Garden

Sustainable watering: How to Conserve Water in the Vegetable Garden

Here is your road map to dealing with a hose pipe ban. Discover how to water your vegetable garden in a sustainable way.  To conserve water but still grow amazing...
Sarah Talbot
How to grow green manure to improve soil and prevent erosion

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...
Sarah Talbot
The 'How and Why' of Attracting more bees to our Vegetable Gardens

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...
Sarah Talbot