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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
Taking a cutting to propagate new plants

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...
Sarah Talbot
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening in Zambia

Sustainable Vegetable Gardening in Zambia

Sustainable gardening is not a fad but a way of life when growing a vegetable garden in Zambia.  Discover more here
Sarah Talbot
10 Tips for Sustainable Gardening

10 Tips for Sustainable Gardening

What is sustainable gardening - it is a combination of organic gardening methods which preserve natural resources and reduce waste where possible to reduce our impact on earth.
Nicola Wallis
Sustainable watering: How to Conserve Water in the Vegetable Garden

Sustainable watering: How to Conserve Water in the Vegetable Garden

Discover how to water your vegetable garden in a sustainable way.  To conserve water but still grow amazing crops of home grown vegetables.  When to water your garden, what to...
Sarah Talbot
Sustainable Lawn Care: Tips for Growing an Eco-Friendly Lawn

Sustainable Lawn Care: Tips for Growing an Eco-Friendly Lawn

Discover how to make your lawn more sustainable.  How and when to water your lawn and whether artificial grass is a viable 'no-water' alternative for a more sustainable garden.
Sarah Talbot
Microgreen Mats: the quick and clean way to grow nutritious little plants

Microgreen Mats: the quick and clean way to grow nutritious little plants

What are microgreens? Microgreens are tiny, edible, immature veg plants. They grow from seed and ready to eat in just a few weeks and are satisfyingly quick to grow. They need...
Nicola Wallis
Product Bite: Sustainable Hemp Pots & Planters

Product Bite: Sustainable Hemp Pots & Planters

Haxnicks range of hemp pots are made from sustainable hemp fibre and stitched with cotton. They are plastic-free and fully biodegradable and home compostable after use.
Nicola Wallis
Christmas Gift Guide: Gardening Gift Ideas for all Budgets

Christmas Gift Guide: Gardening Gift Ideas for all Budgets

Do you have a special gardener in your life? If so, keep reading because Christmas is fast approaching and almost every gardener has a long list of things, they wish...
Nicola Wallis
Five Ways to get Free Plants wherever you are

Five Ways to get Free Plants wherever you are

Gardening can be an expensive hobby and in these economic times mean we need to find ways to save money.  Experienced gardeners often have thrifty ways of increasing their plant...
Nicola Wallis
Peat cutting before the ban on peat

What is Peat & why is the UK changing to peat free compost?

Peat is best!  Gardeners have relied on it for years - it retains both moisture and air and is pretty much free of pests and diseases.  This gives a consistent...
Sarah Talbot
haxnicks vegetable sacks- veg sacks- vegetable storage- sustainable Vegetable storage/gardening

Product Bites: Vegetable Sacks for storing your root veg

What is/are Vegetable Sacks: Vegetable Sacks are veg storage bags made from 100% biodegradable vegetable fibres. They are indispensable to keep home grown veg in peak condition until you are...
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