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Haxnicks gardening advice how to grow rhubarb the best way

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.
Sarah Talbot
Growing Jalapenos in Pots: A Guide for UK Gardeners

Growing Jalapenos in Pots: A Guide for UK Gardeners

Your guide to growing jalapenos in pots in the UK. Growing jalapenos chillies from seed in pots and containers is not only possible but also incredibly rewarding. Click through to get...
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks Gardening blog Three Sisters mound with sweetcorn, beans, squash

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...
Nicola Wallis
haxnicks- how to garden with no digging- no dig method of gardening- gardening with no spade

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

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 lifetime of growing them its easy to make some of these tomato growing...
Sarah Talbot
How to Harvest and Store Onions & Garlic

How to Harvest and Store Onions & Garlic

Gardeners! You've grown oinions and garlic in your allotment or garden and now want to discover how to harvest them and store for the winter.  This blog covers how to...
Sarah Talbot
How to Grow your own Maca Root in containers

How to Grow your own Maca Root in containers

Maca, also known as Peruvian ginseng, is a versatile and nutritious root vegetable ideally suited to growing in the UK. Great for your edible garden, tiny gardens, balconies or anyone wil...
Sarah Talbot
Easy Guide to Planting Sweet Peas in Spring

Easy Guide to Planting Sweet Peas in Spring

April is the last chance to plant sweet peas to ensure a summer full of cut flowers. Find out how to grow sweet peas from seed in your garden or...
Sarah Talbot
Cane rings, cane supports & other plant support products for sweetpeas and other climbing flowers

5 Simple but decorative plant support ideas

Discover 5 simple to use easy decorative plant support ideas to inspire you.  Suitable for supporting all climbing plants including vegetable plants such as climbing beans and peas and flowers...
Sarah Talbot
How to Grow Broad Beans in Pots and Containers

How to Grow Broad Beans in Pots and Containers

Don't let lack of space stop you growing broad beans in pots and containers.  Here is your step by step guide to growing broad beans from seed in garden planters.
Sarah Talbot
April Planting: Fruit and vegetables to plant in April

April Planting: Fruit and vegetables to plant in April

April is a busy time of year for growing vegetables in the UK with lots of seeds, sown earlier in the year, now needing to be transplanted and others to...
Nicola Wallis
9 Companion Plants to Grow with Cucumber Plants (and 3 to AVOID!)

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.  
Sarah Talbot