Growing

Grow your own fruit, vegetables, and herbs. Real advice for real UK growing conditions.

Freshly harvested potatoes being lifted from dark soil with a garden fork in warm afternoon light

Growing 7 March 2026 14 min read

How to Grow Potatoes in the UK: A Complete Guide

A practical guide to growing potatoes in British gardens. Covers seed potato selection, chitting, planting times, earthing up, harvesting, and storage for UK conditions.

Ripe red strawberries growing in a garden bed with straw mulch beneath the fruit in warm sunlight

Growing 6 March 2026 13 min read

How to Grow Strawberries in the UK

Complete guide to growing strawberries in UK gardens. Covers varieties, planting times, container growing, feeding, runner propagation, and protecting fruit from pests.

Wooden raised beds filled with vegetables and herbs in a sunny UK garden with a gravel path between them

Growing 6 March 2026 14 min read

Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners

How to build and plant a raised bed garden in the UK. Covers materials, sizes, soil mix, what to grow, crop rotation, and year-round maintenance for beginners.

Gardener sowing seeds into trays on a potting bench in a greenhouse in early spring morning light

Growing 6 March 2026 13 min read

What to Plant in March in the UK

A month-by-month guide to what you can sow, plant, and grow in March across UK gardens. Covers vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit for greenhouse and outdoor growing.

Ripe red tomatoes growing on the vine inside a greenhouse with warm afternoon light

Growing 1 March 2026 14 min read

Growing Tomatoes in the UK: A Beginner's Guide

Everything you need to grow tomatoes in a British garden. Covers sowing times, variety selection, feeding, watering, and common problems for UK conditions.