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How to Grow an early crop of Spring Greens

How to Grow an early crop of Spring Greens

Growing Spring Greens collard greens in February is a rewarding experience that will give you a head start on the gardening season. They are hardy, resilient, and easy to care...
Sarah Talbot
How to Grow Spring Cabbages from seed in the UK

How to Grow Spring Cabbages from seed in the UK

Spring cabbages are eaten in Spring but planted towards the end of summer.  Read on to discover all you need to know about planting, caring for and harvesting Spring Cabbages...
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
December Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner vegetables

December Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner vegetables

Time to Harvest your Christmas Dinner Vegetables Harvest your leeks a week or so before Christmas by lifting gently with a fork, either as pencil thin baby leeks or as...
Nicola Wallis
October & November Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner vegetables

October & November Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner vegetables

Time to chack on your Christmas Dinner vegetables.  October Gardening Jobs Stake Brussels sprouts as they can become top-heavy. Drive a sturdy stake into the ground and tie each plant...
Nicola Wallis
Step by step guide for growing pak choi in the ground

Step by step guide for growing pak choi in the ground

What is Pak Choi? 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...
Nicola Wallis
June Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner

June Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner

Another month has passed us by, and the worst of the weather and last frost should have, hopefully, been and gone. Temperatures and daylight hours increase this month meaning lots...
Nicola Wallis
Vegetable Gardening: How to Grow Mooli or White radish

Vegetable Gardening: How to Grow Mooli or White radish

Mooli is a type of radish, also known as white radish, daikon or Oriental radish.  It is popular with both gardeners and cooks in China and Japan.  It is very easy...
Nicola Wallis
April Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner

April Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner

It may seem like a lifetime away and with summer approaching, the last thing you want to think about, but now is the time to start sowing seeds of certain...
Nicola Wallis
Haxnicks gardening advice how to grow broccoli & calabrese the best way

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...
Sarah Talbot
grow at home Cauliflower, how to grow purple cauliflower

How to grow Cauliflower from seed in the UK

Cauliflower - find out how to succesfully grow Cauliflowers. Trickier than they may seem, learn the tips & tricks you need to get a great crop.
Sarah Talbot
Grow at home how to grow Kale the best way

How to Grow winter Kale from seed in the UK

Kale is one of the easier to grow brassicas as it does not need full sun, tolerates cold weather quite well and is relatively free from pests and diseases. It...
Sarah Talbot