Perennial Power
Guest post: in an extract from her new book, The Climate Change Garden, author Kim Stoddart explains how to get more resilient through the use of …
Vegetable Growing
Learn how to grow vegetables here – our comprehensive guides include step-by-step advice on how to sow your own vegetable seeds or successfully grow on vegetable plants to save time. For the best advice on which veg varieties to choose, when and where to plant them, and how to store your precious harvests, we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about growing vegetables, from plot to plate, including a quick video on how to pot on plug plants:
Who Or What Was Ailsa Craig?
Waiting my turn at the dentist recently I was surprised when they called the name of the next patient. “Ailsa Craig” was not however my expected shiny red …
How to reduce the effects of hay fever in the garden
One in five people suffer from hay fever at some point in their life, and find summer a time to be endured rather than enjoyed. As hay fever is an allergic …
The Art of Grafting
It would be easy to think that the art of grafting one plant onto the rootstock of another is relatively new but in fact evidence exists of it having been used …
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 …
Outdoor Salad Collection Growing Instructions
Your young lettuce, cucumber & tomato plants have been grown under ideal conditions and they'll develop best if you follow this growing instructions
My Garden Diary – Reminders for August 1914
This garden diary would have been written and printed in 1913. Little did they know that war was just around the corner. Read on for the August advice given to …
Popular Vegetable Plants Growing Guide
This guide provides quick-tips for growing some of the more popular vegetable varieties. Our Popular Vegetable Plants Growing Guide is a great starting
GROWING FOR SHOWING – potatoes, onions and garlic
I was doing so well. Most of the seeds and plants are ordered and now I’m awaiting delivery. Great. My seed potatoes are chitting beautifully and have …
3 Easy Steps to Grow Great Onions
Onions, Shallots and Garlic are some of the easiest things to grow in the veg garden. As there is barely a week in the year where onions are not used at some …