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How to Harvest and Store Pumpkins
What colour is a ripe pumpkin? The answer is usually orange but they can come in shades or grey, blue or white and some are even stripey. But generally colour is a...
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.
The best way to Grow Pumpkins
Pumpkins are a perfect crop to grow with children as they look impressive and can be put to use at Halloween as lanterns. The flesh makes great soups and pies...
June Planting: Fruits and vegetables to grow in June
With both air and soil temperatures climbing higher, June is the good time to sow seeds. Find out what to plant in your vegetable garden in June.
May planting: Fruit and vegetables to grow in May
Learn what vegetabes to plant in May. Some will need to be sown indoors and some can be sown directly outside in May. Find out what to plant where ot...
How to Grow Loofahs (or luffas!) from seed
Many people don't realise that the Loofah (Luffa or Loofa!) you use to scrub your back is actually a plant. And Good News! Unlike sea sponges, which are animals under threat due...
Product Bite: Steel Pea & Bean Frame -for all climbing plants
The Haxnicks Steel Pea & Bean Frame is a sturdy and versatile climbing vegetable support. Make life easy when growing climbing plants
Product Bites: Soft tie - the original and best plant tie
What is Soft Tie : Soft Tie is a reusable, soft, strong plant tie for a multitude of garden uses. It comes in two widths; Original and Slim. Original -...
The best way to grow Courgettes & Squashes
Growing Courgettes & Squashes Courgettes are so easy to grow and you can get as many as three or four a week from each plant during the height of the...
Hold onto Autumn & use stored pumpkin for this lovely recipe
Lashing rain from frequent storms makes it feel like Autumn is over. In Greek mythology, Autumn began when Persephone was abducted by Hades to be the Queen of the Underworld....
Halloween special... Pumpkin Pie Recipe anyone?
From the pictures on Social Media it appears that this was a bumper year for pumpkins and squashes. I am sure that this was not without its difficulties, particularly keeping...