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Beginners Guide to Growing an Edible Container Garden
Container gardening tips. Find out how to grow your own food all summer long on a balcony or patio. From salads to tomatoes this is how to start a mini vegetable...
6 Ways to solve your Carrot growing problems
Carrots are one of the most popular vegetable but they aren’t always easy to grow. Your first hurdle is the dreaded carrot fly. Its unusual to have to think of...
Courgette or Carrot Cake
Courgette or Carrot Cake This is a vegetable cake, it can be nutty by adding the walnuts, or extra yummy by adding the optional cream cheese icing, which is completely...
Beginners Guide to Crop Rotation in the Vegetable Garden
We are often asked about the best ways to grow vegetables and ensure the health of the soil. And the answer is Crop Rotation - one of the most important...
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...
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...
May Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner
Since sowing the first of the Christmas vegetable seeds back in April lots of exciting developments should have happened and now plants some can be transplanted outside or to their...
June Planting: Fruit and vegetables to grow in June
What to Plant in June in your Vegetable Garden Don't worry if you haven't started your vegetable garden yet. There is nothing like a spot of summer gardening. June is the...
How to garden in small spaces like balconies or patios
Any outdoor space such as a balcony, patio or small garden can be turned into a real gem of a space. You don’t need lots of space to grow plants,...
Product Bite: Carrot Planters- the easy way to grow carrots
What are Carrot Planters: Carrot Planters are tall sturdy planters specifically designed for growing carrots. They come in a pack of two and like all Haxnicks planters are made from...
How to Protect Carrots from Carrot Fly
Carrot fly is a bug which lays their eggs in the soil around carrots. The adult carrot fly is approximately 9mm long. It is a slender, metallic, greenish-black fly with...
How to grow carrots from seed - vegetable gardening
There are few vegetables that taste better when they are home grown than carrots. Freshly pulled, sweet and full of favour compared to what can be bland and watery 'shop...