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Why Buy Flowers This Mother’s Day When You Can Grow Them Instead?

Why Buy Flowers This Mother’s Day When You Can Grow Them Instead?

5 Mothers Day Gifts for the gardener in your life.  This Mothering Sunday show your appreciation by getting your mum the perfect gardening gift.  Check out our Mother's Day Gift...
Sarah Talbot
Raised bed with tomato plants , lettuce and nasturtiums as companion plants to deter pests

8 Companion Plants for Tomato Plants (and 3 to avoid!)

Discover how companion planting can enhance your tomato harvest naturally! Learn which plants, like basil, marigolds, and garlic, repel pests, improve soil health, and even boost tomato flavour. Perfect for...
Sarah Talbot
Pruning Roses: A Complete Guide for Beautiful Blooms

Pruning Roses: A Complete Guide for Beautiful Blooms

Between later winter and early Spring is a right time to prune roses.  Read on to discover how to prune roses and what garden pests and diseases to look out...
Sarah Talbot
Lots of slices of cut watermelon grown from seed filling the frame

How to grow watermelons from seed in the UK

The best time to plant watermelon seeds is late May but if you wait until then you risk them not ripening.  Read on for to discover how to get the...
Nicola Wallis
Growing Apple Trees from a Pip - your Quick Guide

Growing Apple Trees from a Pip - your Quick Guide

Your quick 5 Step guide to planting apples from seeds or pips. Growing your own apple tree is easy - discover how here.
Sarah Talbot
How to grow Broad Beans of fava beans in the Garden

How to grow Broad Beans of fava beans in the Garden

Broad bean growing can be started early and they are easy to grow. Discover how and when to plant broad bean seeds to get a bumper crop from your vegetable...
Nicola Wallis
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
10 reasons to Plant potatoes in Planters not the Ground

10 reasons to Plant potatoes in Planters not the Ground

Here are 10 reasons to use potato planters to grow potatoes that you might not know. Click through to see why growing potatoes in containers is so much better than...
Sarah Talbot
A Guide to Winter Fruit Bush Pruning in the UK

A Guide to Winter Fruit Bush Pruning in the UK

Winter is a great time to prune bushes and trees as they are dormant.  But you can also damage them if you get it wrong.  Discover all you need to...
Sarah Talbot
A Guide to Growing tomatoes in pots and planters

A Guide to Growing tomatoes in pots and planters

If you are growing tomatoes from seed then this blog is jam packed with gardening tips to help your tomato plants thrive and ensure a massive crop of juicy home...
Nicola Wallis
Taking a cutting to propagate new plants

What is Plant Propagation and how can it 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 taking cuttings.  Learn...
Sarah Talbot
Growing from Kitchen Scraps - more free plants!

Growing from Kitchen Scraps - more free plants!

  In terms of total mass, fresh fruits and veg account for the largest food waste at a consumer level which significantly impacts climate change. Did you know that instead...
Nicola Wallis