How To 4 April 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Mizuna in the UK
How to grow mizuna in the UK from seed. Covers varieties, sowing times, cut-and-come-again harvest, winter growing, pests, and month-by-month care.
Growing Veg
Practical vegetable growing guides written for British soil, weather, and growing seasons.
How To 4 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Nectarine Trees in the UK
Expert UK guide to growing nectarine trees. Covers best varieties, fan training, peach leaf curl prevention, pruning, and month-by-month care.
How To 4 April 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Tatsoi in the UK
Learn how to grow tatsoi in the UK from seed. Covers sowing times, soil, winter hardiness to -10C, pests, and harvest in as few as 21 days.
Pests & Problems 4 April 2026 16 min read
Asparagus Beetle: Identification and Control
Asparagus beetle identification and organic control for UK growers. Covers both species, lifecycle, damage signs, hand picking, and biological methods.
How To 4 April 2026 14 min read
How to Store Root Vegetables Over Winter
How to store root vegetables over winter in the UK. Covers sand storage, clamping, shed methods, and which roots keep longest from harvest to spring.
How To 4 April 2026 12 min read
How to Use Up a Garden Glut
What to do with a garden glut. 15 tested ways to use, preserve, and share surplus courgettes, tomatoes, beans, and other UK-grown vegetables.
Pests & Problems 3 April 2026 12 min read
Allium Leaf Miner Control Guide UK
How to identify, prevent, and control allium leaf miner in UK gardens. Covers lifecycle, netting timing, crop rotation, and organic treatments.
Pests & Problems 3 April 2026 12 min read
Cucumber Mosaic Virus Guide UK
Cucumber mosaic virus affects 1,200+ plant species in UK gardens. Identification, treatment, aphid control and prevention from tested field trials.
Growing 3 April 2026 12 min read
Forcing Crops for Earlier Harvests
UK guide to forcing crops for earlier harvests. Covers rhubarb, chicory, seakale, and early potatoes with timing, methods, and field-tested results.
How To 3 April 2026 9 min read
How to Grow Kohlrabi in the UK
UK guide to growing kohlrabi from seed. Covers green and purple varieties, sowing times, spacing, pest control, and harvesting crisp bulbs.
Pests & Problems 3 April 2026 12 min read
How to Use Neem Oil in the Garden
UK guide to using neem oil as an organic pest control spray. Covers dilution rates, application timing, target pests, safety, and when to avoid it.
Pests & Problems 3 April 2026 12 min read
Late Blight on Potatoes and Tomatoes
Late blight destroys potato and tomato crops across the UK each summer. Identify symptoms, prevent outbreaks, and choose resistant varieties.
Pests & Problems 2 April 2026 11 min read
Carrot Root Fly: Prevention and Control UK
Carrot root fly prevention for UK gardens. Two generations yearly, 60cm barriers block 95% of attacks. Resistant varieties and sowing timing tested.
Growing 2 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Romanesco in the UK
UK guide to growing romanesco broccoli from seed. Covers sowing, transplanting, feeding, brassica pest control, varieties, and harvesting tips.
How To 2 April 2026 12 min read
Staking and Supporting Garden Plants UK
How to stake and support garden plants in the UK. Six methods compared with costs, timing guide, and plant-by-plant advice from 12 years of trials.
Pests & Problems 1 April 2026 12 min read
Carrot Leaf Blight: UK Control Guide
Identify and treat carrot leaf blight in UK gardens. Covers Alternaria dauci symptoms, resistant varieties, and organic control methods.
Growing 1 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Endive in the UK
Learn how to grow endive in the UK. Covers curly frisee and broad-leaved escarole types, blanching for milder flavour, sowing times, and winter harvests.
Growing 1 April 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Marrow in the UK
How to grow marrow in the UK from seed to harvest. Covers sowing, spacing, feeding, giant marrow growing for shows, and storing marrows over winter.
Growing 1 April 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Shallots in the UK
Learn how to grow shallots in the UK from sets or seed. Covers varieties, planting, spacing, harvesting, curing, and storage for British gardens.
Growing 31 March 2026 11 min read
How to Grow Wild Garlic in the UK
Grow wild garlic (ramsons) in UK gardens from bulbs or seed. Planting guide, foraging rules, safe identification, and recipes from 6 years of trials.
How To 31 March 2026 16 min read
Allotment Water Supply Solutions UK
Allotment water supply solutions for UK plots. Rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation, water butt sizing, and hosepipe ban rules from tested experience.
Growing 31 March 2026 16 min read
Best Potato Varieties for UK Gardens
Best potato varieties for UK gardens ranked by yield, flavour, and blight resistance. First earlies, second earlies, and maincrops tested over 8 seasons.
Pests & Problems 31 March 2026 14 min read
Cabbage White Butterfly: ID and Control
Identify cabbage white butterflies, eggs, and caterpillars. Organic control methods, netting guides, and companion planting for UK brassica crops.
Plants 31 March 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Amaryllis in the UK
Grow amaryllis in the UK with this expert guide covering planting, outdoor growing, varieties, care calendar, and reblooming tips from 7 years of trials.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Sweet Peppers in the UK
UK guide to growing sweet peppers from seed. Covers best varieties, sowing with heat, greenhouse and outdoor growing, feeding, ripening, and harvesting.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
Hungry Gap: What to Grow in Spring
Hungry gap crops to grow in spring for UK gardens. 15 vegetables and salads that produce from March to May, with sowing dates and yields.
Growing 31 March 2026 11 min read
Windowsill Sprouts and Microgreens UK
Grow sprouts and microgreens on a UK windowsill year-round. Covers best varieties, step-by-step method, nutrition facts, and common mistakes.
Growing 31 March 2026 11 min read
How to Grow Garlic Chives in the UK
Grow garlic chives in UK gardens with our guide to sowing seed, dividing clumps, container growing, harvesting leaves and edible flowers.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Globe Artichokes UK
Learn how to grow globe artichokes in the UK. Covers best varieties, planting from seed and offsets, soil prep, harvest timing, and overwintering.
Growing 31 March 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes UK
Practical guide to growing Jerusalem artichokes in UK gardens. Covers varieties, planting tubers, containment, harvesting through winter, and cooking tips.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Okra in a UK Greenhouse
Grow okra in a UK greenhouse with this expert guide. Covers varieties, sowing at 20-25C, pollination, pest control, and harvesting pods young.
Growing 31 March 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Pak Choi & Asian Greens UK
UK guide to growing pak choi, mizuna, tatsoi, and Asian greens. Covers sowing, bolt prevention, containers, greenhouse growing, and year-round harvests.
Growing 31 March 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Rocket in the UK
Grow rocket in the UK from seed with this practical guide. Covers salad and wild varieties, sowing, bolt prevention, flea beetle control, and harvesting.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Swiss Chard in the UK
Swiss chard growing guide for UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing times, cut-and-come-again harvesting, overwintering, containers, and cooking tips.
Pests & Problems 30 March 2026 14 min read
Club Root: Identification and Treatment
Identify and manage club root in brassicas. Causes, symptoms, resistant varieties, and practical UK allotment prevention strategies.
Pests & Problems 30 March 2026 14 min read
Common Tomato Diseases: UK ID Guide
Identify and treat common tomato diseases in UK gardens. Blight, blossom end rot, leaf mould, and 8 more with photos and fixes.
Growing 30 March 2026 14 min read
Growing Wedding Flowers in Your Garden
Grow your own wedding flowers in a UK garden. Covers best varieties, sowing times, conditioning tips, and a month-by-month cutting guide.
Design 30 March 2026 12 min read
How to Create a Gravel Garden UK
Learn how to create a gravel garden in the UK with drought-tolerant plant choices, design tips, and step-by-step guidance from real clay-soil trials.
Growing 30 March 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Horseradish in the UK
How to grow horseradish in UK gardens. Planting thongs, containing spread, harvesting roots, and making fresh horseradish sauce.
Growing 30 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in the UK
Practical guide to growing sweet potatoes in UK gardens. Covers variety choices, starting slips indoors, and harvest timing from trial data.
Growing 30 March 2026 12 min read
Multi-Sowing Vegetables: UK Guide
Guide to multi-sowing vegetables in the UK. Save time and space by sowing clusters of seeds in modules then planting out as clumps.
How To 30 March 2026 12 min read
Allotment Planner: Month-by-Month
Month-by-month allotment planner for UK growers. Sowing, planting, harvesting and maintenance tasks for every month, tested on heavy clay over 7 seasons.
Growing 30 March 2026 12 min read
Best Garlic Varieties to Grow in the UK
Best garlic varieties for UK gardens ranked by yield, flavour, and storage. Hardneck and softneck types compared from 5 seasons of allotment trials.
How To 30 March 2026 12 min read
Biochar for Gardens UK
How to use biochar in UK gardens. Covers charging, application rates, soil benefits, DIY vs commercial sources, and when not to use it.
How To 30 March 2026 12 min read
Condition Cut Flowers for Longer Vase Life
How to condition cut flowers for vase life lasting 10-14 days. Expert UK methods for stem cutting, water prep, and flower food from 4 seasons of testing.
Growing 30 March 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Celery in the UK
Practical guide to growing celery in UK gardens. Covers self-blanching and trench types, sowing, watering, blanching methods, best varieties, and problems.
Growing 30 March 2026 12 min read
How to Grow French Beans in the UK
A practical guide to growing French beans in UK gardens. Covers best varieties, sowing dates, supports, succession planting, and harvesting tips.
Design 30 March 2026 12 min read
School Garden Ideas UK
Practical school garden ideas for UK primary schools. Raised beds, wildlife areas, sensory gardens and seasonal projects tested in Staffordshire.
How To 30 March 2026 12 min read
Soil Drainage and Structure Guide
How to test and improve soil drainage in UK gardens. Covers percolation tests, jar tests, clay and sandy soil fixes, and organic amendments.
Design 27 March 2026 12 min read
Allotment Shed Ideas and Storage
Allotment shed ideas and storage solutions from 30 years on UK plots. Covers size rules, tool racks, seed storage, potting benches, and security.
Growing 27 March 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Chicory and Radicchio UK
UK guide to growing chicory and radicchio. Covers forcing chicons, radicchio varieties, sowing times, winter hardiness to -10C, and harvesting methods.
Design 27 March 2026 16 min read
The Potager Garden: Edibles Meets Design
Plan a potager garden mixing vegetables, herbs and flowers in one beautiful UK plot. Layout tips, plant combos and seasonal plans from 8 years of trials.
Growing 27 March 2026 14 min read
Unusual Crops to Grow in the UK
20 unusual crops that thrive in UK gardens. From oca and yacon to cape gooseberries and shiso, tested growing advice from a Staffordshire grower.
Design 26 March 2026 14 min read
Allotment Layout Ideas and Plans UK
Allotment layout plans for 5-rod to full UK plots. Exact bed dimensions, path widths, crop rotation zones, and shed placement from an experienced grower.
Growing 25 March 2026 16 min read
Blight-Resistant Tomato Varieties for UK
Best blight-resistant tomato varieties for UK gardens. 11 tested cultivars with resistance ratings, yield data, and growing calendar.
How To 25 March 2026 15 min read
Allotment Rules UK: What You Can Do
UK allotment rules explained. What you can and cannot do, council tenancy rules, structures allowed and keeping animals. From an allotment holder.
How To 25 March 2026 15 min read
Accessible Gardening for Disabilities
Accessible gardening with disabilities — raised beds at 60-75cm, ergonomic tools, and wide paths. UK guide from a grower with 30 years experience.
Growing 22 March 2026 18 min read
Best Tomato Varieties to Grow in the UK
Best tomato varieties UK: cherry, beefsteak, heritage, bush and cordon tested. Yield data and outdoor vs greenhouse advice from a Staffordshire grower.
Growing 22 March 2026 15 min read
Growing Vegetables on a Windowsill UK
Growing vegetables on a windowsill in the UK works year-round. 12 crops suit indoor light levels, from herbs and salad leaves to chillies and microgreens.
Pests & Problems 20 March 2026 12 min read
Blossom End Rot: Causes and Prevention
Blossom end rot causes, prevention and treatment for UK tomatoes, peppers and courgettes. Watering schedules, calcium science, and variety data.
Growing 16 March 2026 15 min read
Grow Winter Salad Leaves in the UK
Grow fresh salad leaves all winter with a cold frame or unheated greenhouse. Frost-hardy varieties, sowing schedules, and harvesting tips for UK gardens.
Growing 13 March 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Sprouts and Shoots at Home
Grow sprouts and shoots at home year-round. Mung beans ready in 3 days, pea shoots in 10. Tested methods, nutrition facts and troubleshooting.
Plants 10 March 2026 16 min read
Best Climbing Roses for UK Gardens
Best climbing roses for UK gardens chosen after 12 years of trials. Varieties for north walls, scent, repeat flowering, and disease resistance rated.
Growing 8 March 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Carrots in the UK
Practical guide to growing carrots in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing times, soil prep, carrot fly prevention, containers, and storing your harvest.
Growing 8 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Cucumbers in the UK
Practical guide to growing cucumbers in the UK. Covers indoor and outdoor varieties, sowing times, training, feeding, watering, and common problems.
Growing 7 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Potatoes in the UK
Practical guide to growing potatoes in British gardens. Covers seed selection, chitting, planting times, earthing up, harvesting, and storage.
Design 6 March 2026 13 min read
Front Garden Ideas UK
Improve your UK front garden with practical ideas for kerb appeal. Covers planting, paving, paths, boundaries, bins, and low-maintenance designs.
How To 6 March 2026 14 min read
Bulb Lasagne Planting for Year-Round Colour
Bulb lasagne planting layers different bulbs at staggered depths for months of colour. UK tested method with exact depths, costs, and variety picks.
How To 5 March 2026 18 min read
Carbon-Friendly Gardening: Cut Your Footprint
Carbon-friendly gardening cuts your footprint via composting, no-dig beds, rainwater harvesting, and native planting. UK data, costs, and real results.
Growing 4 March 2026 14 min read
Cloches and Low Tunnels: UK Guide
How to use cloches and low tunnels to extend your UK growing season by 6-8 weeks. Materials, sizing, crops and month-by-month planting from field trials.
Growing 3 March 2026 14 min read
Easy Recipes with Home-Grown Vegetables
Simple seasonal recipes using UK-grown vegetables. Courgette fritters, runner bean chutney, beetroot soup and tomato sauce from your garden.
Growing 3 March 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Brussels Sprouts in the UK
Practical guide to growing Brussels sprouts in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing, firm planting, staking, pest control, and frost harvesting.
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.
Growing 1 March 2026 15 min read
Easy Vegetables for Kids to Grow UK
Best easy vegetables for kids to grow in UK gardens. Covers 12 crops ranked by speed, fun factor, sowing times, and common mistakes parents make.
Growing 27 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Onions in the UK
Practical guide to growing onions in UK gardens. Covers sets vs seed, varieties, planting times, spacing, feeding, harvesting, curing, and storage.
Growing 27 February 2026 11 min read
When to Plant Tomatoes in the UK
Exact timing for sowing and planting tomatoes across UK regions. Covers indoor sowing, greenhouse planting, outdoor planting, and hardening off.
Growing 26 February 2026 12 min read
When to Plant Sweet Peas in the UK
Complete UK sweet pea planting guide covering autumn and spring sowing, best varieties for scent and colour, and month-by-month growing calendar.
Growing 22 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Microgreens UK: Beginners
Grow microgreens at home in the UK. Best varieties, growing method, harvesting times and nutrition data from 4 years of indoor growing trials.
Growing 20 February 2026 15 min read
Crop Rotation Planner for UK Gardens
Plan crop rotation for your UK vegetable garden or allotment. Covers four-bed and three-bed systems, plant families, green manures, and record keeping.
Growing 20 February 2026 12 min read
What to Plant in June in the UK
Everything to sow and plant in June across UK gardens. Covers successional vegetables, winter brassicas, flowers, herbs, and late-season crops.
Design 16 February 2026 18 min read
Kitchen Garden Design and Layout UK
Plan your kitchen garden with expert UK layout advice. Sizes from 3x3m to 10x6m, four-bed rotation, paths, and what to grow first. Tested in clay soil.
Growing 14 February 2026 14 min read
How to Freeze Garden Produce
Complete UK guide to freezing garden fruit and vegetables. Blanching times, open-tray method, syrup packs, storage times, and defrosting safely.
How To 14 February 2026 14 min read
How to Prevent Weeds Without Chemicals
Prevent weeds without chemicals using mulch, no-dig, ground cover, and hoeing. Tested UK methods with costs, timing, and suppression rates.
Growing 13 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Peas in the UK
Practical guide to growing peas in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing times, supporting plants, pea moth prevention, harvesting, and saving seed.
Design 13 February 2026 15 min read
Raised Bed Garden Design Ideas UK
Raised bed design ideas for UK gardens with sizing, materials, layout plans and planting schemes. Tested builds in clay soil over 9 years.
Growing 12 February 2026 13 min read
What to Plant in August in the UK
Everything to sow, plant, and harvest in August across UK gardens. Covers late vegetables, spring bulbs, fruit tasks, lawn prep, and peak harvest crops.
Growing 10 February 2026 14 min read
Square Foot Gardening UK Guide
Learn square foot gardening for UK gardens with Mel's Mix adapted for British soil and climate. Covers grid spacing, costs, yields, and planting plans.
Growing 5 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Pumpkins and Squash in the UK
Practical guide to growing pumpkins and squash in UK gardens. Covers sowing, planting out, pollination, feeding, curing, and winter storage.
Growing 4 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Lettuce and Salad Leaves in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing lettuce and salad leaves. Covers varieties, sowing, cut-and-come-again, succession planting, slug control, and winter crops.
Growing 1 February 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Spinach in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing spinach. Covers true spinach, perpetual spinach, varieties, succession sowing, bolting prevention, and container growing.
How To 1 February 2026 16 min read
UK Soil Types: Identify Yours in Minutes
UK soil types explained with hand tests, pH ranges, and regional maps. Identify clay, sand, silt, loam, chalk, and peat in your garden.
Growing 30 January 2026 16 min read
How to Start an Allotment in the UK
How to get an allotment in the UK, from council waiting lists to first-year planting. Covers plot sizes, costs, tools, layout, and what to grow first.
Growing 30 January 2026 18 min read
Green Manures: UK Cover Crops Guide
How to use green manures and cover crops in UK gardens. Sowing times, nitrogen fixation rates, and which species suit your soil type and season.
How To 28 January 2026 18 min read
How to Prune Fruit Trees UK
UK guide to pruning fruit trees by type and season. Covers apple, pear, plum, cherry, and fig with timing, tools, and techniques from 10 years' experience.
How To 27 January 2026 15 min read
How to Start a Vegetable Garden in the UK
Beginner's guide to starting a vegetable garden in the UK. Covers soil prep, easy first crops, raised beds, tools, and seasonal planting tips.
Growing 26 January 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Celeriac in the UK
Practical guide to growing celeriac in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing indoors, transplanting, watering, side shoot removal, and winter storage.
Growing 25 January 2026 10 min read
Do You Need a Greenhouse?
Find out whether a greenhouse is worth it for your garden. Covers what grows better under glass, season extension, and cheaper alternatives for UK growers.
Pests & Problems 25 January 2026 16 min read
Rust Disease in Plants: UK Treatment
Rust disease identification and treatment for UK gardens. Covers 8 host plants, fungal lifecycle, cultural controls, and proven fungicide options.
How To 21 January 2026 15 min read
How to Make Comfrey and Nettle Feed
How to make comfrey and nettle feed at home. NPK ratios, fermentation stages, dilution rates, and a month-by-month UK harvest calendar.
Growing 15 January 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Chilli Peppers in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing chilli peppers from seed. Covers varieties by heat level, sowing with heat mats, feeding, ripening, and overwintering.
Growing 14 January 2026 15 min read
Grow Your Own Vegetables: UK Guide
Beginner guide to growing your own vegetables in the UK. Covers what to grow first, when to plant, soil prep, raised beds, and a month-by-month calendar.
Growing 13 January 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Rhubarb in the UK
Complete guide to growing rhubarb in UK gardens. Covers varieties, planting crowns, forcing for early stems, harvesting, dividing, and common mistakes.
Growing 13 January 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Turnips and Swede in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing turnips and swede. Covers varieties, sowing times, soil preparation, pest prevention, harvesting, and storing root crops.
Pests & Problems 13 January 2026 18 min read
Vegetable Pests and Diseases UK Guide
Vegetable pests and diseases UK visual guide covering 10 common pests and 8 diseases with organic treatments, lifecycle science, and a monthly calendar.
Plants 12 January 2026 11 min read
How to Grow Asparagus Fern Indoors
Asparagus fern care guide for UK homes covering light, humidity, watering, and toxicity warnings. With species comparison and monthly calendar.
Design 11 January 2026 12 min read
How to Create a Herb Garden in the UK
Plan and build a herb garden that suits your space and budget. Covers raised beds, containers, formal designs, and the best herbs for every UK position.
Growing 10 January 2026 13 min read
What to Plant in July in the UK
Everything to sow and plant in July in UK gardens. Covers succession vegetables, autumn prep, biennial flowers, fruit care, and summer jobs.
Growing 9 January 2026 10 min read
Best Greenhouse Tomato Varieties UK
The best tomato varieties for UK greenhouses. Covers cherry, beefsteak, and plum types with yield data, growing tips, and feeding advice.
Plants 8 January 2026 14 min read
How to Grow a Peace Lily in the UK
How to grow a peace lily in the UK. Covers light, watering, humidity, and troubleshooting for Spathiphyllum in British homes with hard water.
Growing 7 January 2026 12 min read
When to Plant Potatoes in the UK
When to plant potatoes across every UK region. Covers chitting dates, first earlies, second earlies, maincrops, and container timelines.
Growing 4 January 2026 14 min read
How to Preserve Fruit and Vegetables
UK guide to preserving fruit and vegetables at home. Covers bottling, dehydrating, salting, oil preserving, vacuum packing, and safety rules.
Growing 3 January 2026 14 min read
What to Plant in September in the UK
Everything to sow, plant, and harvest in September across UK gardens. Covers spring bulbs, overwintering vegetables, lawn renovation, and autumn fruit.
Growing 1 January 2026 13 min read
Container Vegetable Gardening UK
How to grow vegetables in pots and containers in the UK. Covers best crops, pot sizes, compost, watering, feeding, and balcony and patio growing.
Growing 1 January 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.
Growing 31 December 2025 13 min read
Garden to Table: Growing Food at Home
Grow food at home in the UK from garden to table. Covers easy crops, small-space growing, seasonal planning, cooking what you harvest, and saving money.
Growing 28 December 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Broad Beans in the UK
Practical guide to growing broad beans in UK gardens. Covers autumn and spring sowing, varieties, pinching out tips, blackfly control, and harvesting.
Growing 27 December 2025 14 min read
What to Plant in October in the UK
Everything to plant and sow in October across UK gardens. Covers garlic, tulips, bare-root trees, lawn care, and essential autumn jobs.
Growing 24 December 2025 15 min read
Succession Planting Guide for the UK
Plan succession sowing for a continuous harvest from March to October. Covers best crops, sowing intervals, and month-by-month UK schedules.
Growing 21 December 2025 13 min read
What to Plant in April in the UK
Everything to sow and plant in April across UK gardens. Covers vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit for indoor and outdoor growing.
Growing 20 December 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Runner Beans in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing runner beans. Covers best varieties, sowing indoors and out, building bean frames, watering for pod set, and harvesting tips.
Growing 18 December 2025 14 min read
When to Plant Broad Beans in the UK
Discover exactly when to plant broad beans across the UK. Covers autumn and spring sowing, best varieties, spacing, and regional timing advice.
Growing 12 December 2025 14 min read
Allotment for Beginners
Practical beginner's guide to allotment gardening in the UK. Crop rotation, soil improvement, best crops for yield, and how to get the most from your plot.
How To 11 December 2025 16 min read
No-Dig Gardening: The UK Guide
Learn how to start a no-dig garden in the UK. Covers the Charles Dowding method, cardboard layering, compost types, best crops, and year-by-year results.
Growing 9 December 2025 14 min read
Companion Planting Guide UK
Companion planting guide for UK gardens. Covers the best plant pairings, what to avoid, pest control combos, and a planting chart for vegetables.
Growing 9 December 2025 18 min read
How to Grow Fruit Trees in the UK
UK guide to growing fruit trees from apple and pear to plum, cherry, and fig. Rootstock choices, pruning, and the best varieties for British gardens.
Growing 8 December 2025 14 min read
Best Vegetables to Grow at Home UK
The most productive vegetables to grow at home in the UK. Covers yield per square metre, beginner crops, containers, and a seasonal sowing plan.
Growing 7 December 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Radishes in the UK
Practical guide to growing radishes in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing times, succession planting, intercropping, containers, and winter types.
Growing 3 December 2025 13 min read
What to Plant in May in the UK
What to sow and plant in May across UK gardens. Vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit for greenhouse and outdoor beds, with regional timing.
Growing 30 November 2025 14 min read
How to Store Apples and Pears at Home
UK guide to storing apples and pears long-term. Covers picking, wrapping, storage conditions, variety shelf life, rot prevention and ripening pears.
Growing 29 November 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Courgettes in the UK
Complete guide to growing courgettes in the UK. Covers varieties, sowing, planting out, spacing, feeding, pollination, harvesting, and powdery mildew.
Growing 29 November 2025 15 min read
What to Harvest This Month UK
Month-by-month UK harvest calendar covering vegetables, fruit, and herbs. Know exactly when to pick each crop for the best flavour and yield.
How To 28 November 2025 18 min read
How to Graft Fruit Trees UK
Learn how to graft fruit trees at home in the UK. Covers rootstock selection, whip and tongue, cleft graft, budding, scion wood, and aftercare.
Growing 28 November 2025 16 min read
How to Grow Parsnips in the UK
Practical guide to growing parsnips in UK gardens. Covers varieties, seed viability, sowing times, soil prep, canker prevention, and frost harvesting.
Plants 24 November 2025 13 min read
How to Grow Sweet Peas from Seed
Step-by-step guide to growing sweet peas from seed in the UK. Covers autumn and spring sowing, pinching out, support, and regular picking.
Growing 22 November 2025 12 min read
Best Greenhouse Plants Month by Month
Month-by-month greenhouse planting guide for UK gardeners. Covers what to sow, grow, and harvest in every month from January to December.
Growing 22 November 2025 14 min read
Chutney Recipes from the Garden
Six UK garden chutney recipes with exact measurements. Green tomato, apple, runner bean, courgette, plum, and beetroot chutneys from home-grown produce.
Growing 19 November 2025 14 min read
UK Vegetable Planting Calendar
Month-by-month vegetable planting calendar for UK gardens. Sow, plant out, and harvest times for 26 common vegetables with regional adjustments.
Growing 18 November 2025 13 min read
How to Grow Spring Onions in the UK
Complete guide to growing spring onions in UK gardens. Covers varieties, succession sowing, overwintering, containers, intercropping, and harvesting.
Growing 15 November 2025 17 min read
Growing in Grow Bags UK
Complete guide to growing vegetables in grow bags in the UK. Covers setup, best crops, watering, feeding, ring culture and grow bags vs raised beds.
Plants 12 November 2025 12 min read
How to Grow Alliums in the UK
Plant ornamental alliums October-November in full sun, 3x bulb depth. Hardy to -15°C, flowers May-July, seedheads last all winter.
Growing 9 November 2025 15 min read
How to Grow Asparagus in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing asparagus. Covers best varieties, planting crowns, harvest timing, beetle control, and beds that crop for 20 years.
Growing 9 November 2025 15 min read
How to Grow Leeks in the UK
Practical guide to growing leeks in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing in modules, the dibber transplant method, earthing up, pests, and harvesting.
Growing 7 November 2025 12 min read
What to Plant in January in the UK
What to sow indoors, plant outdoors, and plan in January across UK gardens. Covers vegetables, flowers, bare-root trees, and essential winter jobs.
Growing 7 November 2025 14 min read
When to Plant Garlic in the UK
Learn exactly when to plant garlic across the UK. Covers autumn and spring timing, softneck and hardneck varieties, and regional planting windows.
Growing 6 November 2025 15 min read
How to Grow Garlic in the UK
A practical guide to growing garlic in British gardens. Covers softneck and hardneck types, autumn and spring planting, harvesting, curing, and storing.
Growing 5 November 2025 14 min read
Pickling and Fermenting Garden Produce
UK guide to pickling and fermenting home-grown vegetables. Covers vinegar pickling, lacto-fermentation, salt ratios, equipment, and storage times.
How To 4 November 2025 15 min read
Seed Saving for Beginners UK
A practical seed saving guide for UK gardens. Covers easy crops, wet and dry extraction methods, storage, viability testing, and legal basics.
Growing 4 November 2025 12 min read
What to Plant in February in the UK
What to sow, plant, and prune in February across UK gardens. Covers indoor sowings, outdoor crops, potato chitting, bare-root planting, and pruning tasks.
Growing 3 November 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Sweetcorn in the UK
UK guide to growing sweetcorn. Covers varieties, block planting for pollination, sowing indoors, spacing, the shake test, and peak-sweetness harvesting.
Pests & Problems 28 October 2025 14 min read
Powdery Mildew Treatment for Plants
How to identify and treat powdery mildew on UK garden plants. Covers roses, courgettes, apples, peas, and cucumbers with organic and chemical options.
Growing 25 October 2025 13 min read
What to Plant in March in the UK
What to sow and plant in March across UK gardens. Vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit for greenhouse and outdoor beds.
Growing 20 October 2025 12 min read
Greenhouse Growing Calendar UK
Month-by-month greenhouse growing calendar for UK gardeners. What to sow, grow, and harvest under glass every month from January to December.
How To 18 October 2025 12 min read
Peat-Free Compost Guide UK
Complete guide to peat-free compost for UK gardeners. Covers types, best brands, mixing your own, and how to get the same results without peat.
Growing 17 October 2025 15 min read
How to Grow Pear Trees in the UK
Complete guide to growing pear trees in UK gardens. Covers rootstocks, varieties, planting, pruning, pollination groups, and harvesting tips.
Growing 16 October 2025 16 min read
How to Train Fruit Trees: Espalier
Learn how to train fruit trees using espalier, fan, cordon, and step-over forms. UK pruning guide with rootstock advice, wire setup, and seasonal calendar.
Growing 15 October 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Beetroot in the UK: A Complete Guide
Practical guide to growing beetroot in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing, spacing, succession planting, harvesting, storing, and eating the leaves.
Pests & Problems 15 October 2025 14 min read
Tomato Blight: Prevention and Treatment
UK guide to preventing and treating tomato blight. Covers late and early blight, resistant varieties, fungicide timing, and greenhouse vs outdoor growing.
Growing 12 October 2025 15 min read
How to Grow Kale in the UK
Practical guide to growing kale in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing times, transplanting, pest netting, cut-and-come-again harvesting, and winter use.
Growing 11 October 2025 16 min read
How to Grow Cauliflower in the UK
Complete guide to growing cauliflower in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing times, soil prep, blanching curds, clubroot prevention, and harvesting.
Growing 9 October 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Aubergines in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing aubergines from seed. Covers varieties, sowing with heat, greenhouse and container growing, feeding, and harvesting.
Growing 9 October 2025 16 min read
How to Grow Broccoli and Calabrese in the UK
Practical guide to growing broccoli and calabrese in UK gardens. Covers varieties, sowing, transplanting, netting, clubroot, and side shoots.
Growing 6 October 2025 15 min read
Seed Sowing Calendar UK
Month-by-month seed sowing calendar for UK gardens. Covers vegetables, flowers, and herbs with indoor and outdoor timings for every month.