• Home
  • Blog
  • Gardening Videos
  • Customer Feedback
    • Letters from the postbag
    • Testimonials
    • Independent Trustpilot Reviews
Optional callout text right side.

Suttons Gardening Grow How

Return to Suttons Shop

Select

  • Growing Guides
  • Garden Advice
  • Monthly Garden Tasks
  • Gardening Apps
  • Get Involved
    • The Big Bug Hunt
    • Surveys
    • Events
    • Childrens Corner
    • Gardening Competitions
    • Recipes
  • James Wong
    • James Wong Botanical Infusions
    • Grow for Flavour Seed Range
Home / Suttons Seeds Blog / News from Suttons / World War One

World War One

[IMPORTED]

Suttons-e1418915804455.jpg

Letter to our Customers January 1st 1915

One hundred years ago huge efforts were being made to produce much needed home-grown food  and to use all available land as “wisely” as possible. Suttons …

January 1, 2015General, News from Suttons, World War One Read more
Sutton-AG-photo1.jpg

The Suttons Sons

At the outbreak of WW1 Leonard Goodhart Sutton was at the helm of Suttons & Sons and with 5 sons and 1 daughter he must have felt that his lineage was …

November 19, 2014General, Suttons History, World War One Read more

My Garden Diary. – Reminders for November 1914

The Vegetable seeds to be sown this month are few, and although success depends on the character of the season, it is advisable to risk, on dry soil, a small …

November 1, 2014In Your Garden Now, News from Suttons, World War One Read more

Letter to our Customers – 1914

“It will be a satisfaction to those who have for so many years supported our House to know that we have been able to maintain our large staff at full time …

October 9, 2014News from Suttons, World War One Read more
MYGardenDiary1914.jpg

My Garden Diary – Reminders for October 1914

Please find below October’s gardening advice from 1914. Many of the tasks still apply today with October being a busy month for us gardeners. Winter …

October 1, 2014Flower Seeds, General, In Your Garden Now, News from Suttons, Vegetable Seeds, World War One Read more
inside-1918-catalogue-0011.jpg

Flowers in War Time

For something that is often very small a flower has the ability to provoke intensely strong emotions. Flowers bring joy and also give comfort to those who are …

September 24, 2014Flower Seeds, World War One Read more
MYGardenDiary1914.jpg

My Garden Diary. – Reminders for September 1914

Many of us think that September is a pretty quiet time in the garden but really there is much to be done with seed aplenty to be sown. Please read on to …

September 11, 2014Flower Seeds, General, Vegetable Growing, Vegetable Seeds, World War One Read more

Paper Shortages & Catalogues

Suttons pioneered many advertising techniques including the production of catalogues, even when there was a national paper shortage as during WW1. Back in 1840 …

August 29, 2014General, World War One Read more
Abby-Hall-0011.jpg

Morning Prayers – August 1914

During WW1, recreation for soldiers still at home was an essential part of keeping up moral, Suttons provided Abby Hall to help the troops. Read more on the …

August 20, 2014News from Suttons, World War One Read more

Suttons at War

In the early stages of the war there was no shortage of men enlisting and by December 1914 Suttons had 75 men in the Forces. In early 1915 a staff notice …

August 7, 2014Flower Seeds, News from Suttons, World War One Read more
Page 1 of 3123»
Shop Now

Recent ‘Grow How’ Guides & Posts

  • Budget Bedding – Top Tips for Propagation

    Budget Bedding – Top Tips for Propagation

    January 14, 2021
  • Chilli Longhorn F1 – A Brand New Cayenne Variety!

    Chilli Longhorn F1 – A Brand New Cayenne Variety!

    January 8, 2021
  • January Top Allotment Tips

    January Top Allotment Tips

    January 5, 20216 Comments

Do you prefer to grow from seed?

Categories

Gardening Glossary

  • Annual

    A hardy annual is a temporary visitor to the garden as it grows from seed (sown direct in the garden),flowers and dies in a single season. A half hardy annual also grows, flowers and dies in a single season but the seedlings need to be grown indoors and not planted out until the risk of frost has gone.

Recent Comments

  • Katie Brunt on Ranunculus Growing Guide
  • Katie Brunt on January Top Allotment Tips
  • Katie Brunt on January Top Allotment Tips
  • Ann Gregory on January Top Allotment Tips
  • Chantelle on Ranunculus Growing Guide

Popular Gardening Phrases

allotment amateur asparagus Autumn beetroot Beginner veg growing broad beans bulbs cabbage courgettes fleece flowers fruit garden garden advice garlic greenhouse growing growing guide growing guides guides Homegrown Food instructions newsletter Novice Veg Growing onions onion sets perennials Planting Flowers plants potatoes pumpkin runner beans seasonality seeds shallots squash strawberries Suttons suttons gardening grow how Suttons Seeds tomatoes veg vegetables ww1

Archives

Gardening Glossary:

  • Annual

    One hundred years ago huge efforts were being made to produce much needed home-grown food  and to use all available land as “wisely” as possible. Suttons were very much at the forefront of this effort, not only supplying the necessary seeds but also offering help and guidance to those who had never before needed to […]

Recent ‘Grow How’ Articles

  • Budget Bedding – Top Tips for Propagation

    Budget Bedding – Top Tips for Propagation

    January 14, 2021
  • Chilli Longhorn F1 – A Brand New Cayenne Variety!

    Chilli Longhorn F1 – A Brand New Cayenne Variety!

    January 8, 2021
  • January Top Allotment Tips

    January Top Allotment Tips

    January 5, 20216 Comments

Suttons Gardening Grow How

We're extremely pleased to launch our new website: Suttons Gardening Grow How

We aim to provide an easy to use website design which works great on all devices including mobile and tablet which is jam-packed with detailed, user-friendly vegetable growing guides, fruit growing guides, flower growing guides and loads more besides including gardening competitions articles and information.

Stay Connected

  • twitter
  • facebook
  • google plus
  • youtube
  • pinterest

Videos

© 2020 Suttons Consumer Products | sitemap
Gardening Growing Guides, How-to's, Articles and Information.