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How to Choose & Plant Apple Trees
Do you need more than one apple tree in your garden for pollination? What variety of apple tree is best for you? Read on to find out all the questions...
How to Grow Gooseberry Plants in the UK
Gooseberries, with their deliciously tangy taste, have been a garden favourite for generations. Whether you’re planning to grow gooseberries for making jam, desserts, or eating them fresh, a gooseberry bush...
3 Greenhouse Alternatives - which is right for you?
Looking for greenhouse alternatives to increase production in your vegetable garden or start your flower garden earlier? Here are three options that could transform your gardening experience. Each offers unique...
A Guide To Bare Root Plants
These are dormant (not actively growing) plants that have been grown in open ground, then dug up and supplied without any soil around their roots. The plants are planted during the...
5 More ways - Extend your growing season
Here are 5 more gardening tips to help you extend the growing season in your vegetable garden. So, if the weather has left you feeling like you have had a...
Product Bite: Sustainable Bamboo Scoop for easier gardening
The Bamboo Scoop is a generously proportioned tool for quickly filling pots, planters and seed trays. It is the sustainable alternative to plastic scoops and is biodegradable and fully home compostable after...
20 Fruit & Vegetables To Plant in November
If you want to carry on eating from the garden don’t let the onset of winter stop you. Winter gardening can be every bit as rewarding as summer gardening. It...
Homeschooling and Winter Gardening
What could be more educational than taking time to grow things as a family? Watching sunflowers tower above you and stealing cherry tomatoes and cucamelons from the vine is great in...
How to Grow Turnips from seed (plus are they the same as swedes?)
Turnips are an easy to grow crop to grow at home. And if you've been put off by the flavourless shop bought version, you may be pleasantly surprised by what...
February Planting: Fruit and vegetables to plant in February
February is a little early to start planting seeds but with a plant house, a greenhouse or some warm windowsills you could start your growing season now. Check out our...
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...
How to Grow Komatsuna or Mustard Spinach
Have you heard of komatsuna? Sometimes known as mustard spinach or Japanese mustard spinach, it is a very hardy leafy winter green. If you are a fan of oriental brassicas...