Growing 14 April 2026 15 min read
Show Growing: Win at Your Village Veg Show
How to grow vegetables for showing in the UK. Covers NVS judging criteria, top show crops, bench presentation, timing harvest, and transport tips.
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Growing 13 April 2026 13 min read
Borlotti Beans: Grow Italian Dried Beans
Grow borlotti beans in UK gardens for fresh shell beans or dried winter stores. Covers varieties, sowing, supports, harvesting, drying, and storage.
Growing 13 April 2026 12 min read
Corn Salad: Winter Salad That Survives Frost
Grow corn salad in UK gardens for fresh winter salad leaves. Covers varieties, sowing times, shade tolerance, self-seeding, and cut-and-come-again harvest.
Growing 13 April 2026 14 min read
Mangetout and Sugar Snaps: Sow to Harvest
Grow mangetout and sugar snap peas in UK gardens. Covers the key differences, best varieties, sowing times, supports, pea moth timing, and picking tips.
Growing 13 April 2026 13 min read
Mustard Greens: Spicy Leaves in 21 Days
Grow mustard greens in the UK for fast, peppery salad and stir-fry leaves. Covers varieties, sowing times, bolting prevention, and flea beetle control.
Growing 9 April 2026 18 min read
Perennial Veg: Plant Once, Pick for Years
Grow 14 perennial vegetables in UK gardens. Asparagus, rhubarb, sea kale, sorrel and more that crop year after year with less work than annuals.
Growing 8 April 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Salsify and Scorzonera
How to grow salsify and scorzonera in UK gardens. Covers sowing, deep soil prep, harvesting after frost, cooking, and eating the spring chards.
Growing 8 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Sorrel in the UK
How to grow sorrel in UK gardens. Covers common and French sorrel, sowing, shade tolerance, harvesting, cooking uses, and managing oxalic acid content.
Growing 8 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Apricot Trees in the UK
Grow apricot trees in the UK with fan training on south-facing walls. Covers Moorpark, Tomcot, frost protection, pruning, and container growing.
Growing 8 April 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Cucamelon in the UK
Grow cucamelons (mouse melons) in UK gardens. Covers sowing, support, harvest timing, pickling, tuber storage, and companion planting for this fun crop.
Growing 8 April 2026 11 min read
How to Grow Freesias in the UK
Grow freesias in the UK in pots, borders, and greenhouses. Covers planting depth, timing, varieties, forcing for winter flowers, and overwintering corms.
Growing 8 April 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Fuchsias in the UK
How to grow fuchsias in the UK: hardy vs tender varieties, pruning, overwintering, baskets, standards, and propagation from cuttings. Expert growing guide.
Growing 8 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Iris Bulbs in the UK
How to grow iris bulbs in the UK: Dutch, Reticulata, and English iris. Covers planting depths, forcing, naturalising, and best varieties by colour.
Growing 8 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Impatiens (Busy Lizzie) UK
Grow impatiens in the UK with this guide to types, downy mildew-resistant varieties, shade planting, containers, and overwintering busy lizzies.
Growing 8 April 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Peach Trees in the UK
Grow peach trees successfully in the UK. Covers fan training, peach leaf curl prevention, hand pollination, UK-hardy varieties, and container growing.
Growing 8 April 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Tomatillo in the UK
Grow tomatillos in UK gardens with this guide to sowing, cross-pollination, greenhouse growing, harvesting when the husk splits, and salsa verde recipes.
Growing 7 April 2026 11 min read
How to Grow White Currants in the UK
Grow white currants in the UK with this planting and pruning guide. Covers White Versailles, Blanka, yield of 3-5kg per bush, and pest control.
Growing 7 April 2026 10 min read
Dwarf Vegetables for Small Spaces
Best dwarf and compact vegetable varieties for UK patio pots, window boxes, and balconies. Named varieties, pot sizes, yields, and sowing dates.
Growing 4 April 2026 12 min read
How to Force Bulbs for Indoor Flowers
Learn how to force bulbs for indoor flowers in the UK. Covers hyacinths, paperwhites, amaryllis, crocus and tulips with chilling times.
Growing 4 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Annuals from Seed UK
Step-by-step UK guide to growing annuals from seed. Covers best varieties, sowing times, hardening off, and month-by-month care from 30 years of 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.
Growing 3 April 2026 12 min read
Grow Lights for Seed Starting UK
UK guide to grow lights for seed starting. Covers LED vs fluorescent, PAR values, light schedules, and costs from 4 years of trials.
Growing 3 April 2026 12 min read
Growing Nut Trees in the UK
UK guide to growing nut trees. Covers hazels, walnuts, and sweet chestnuts with planting advice, variety picks, and a harvest timeline from expert growers.
Growing 2 April 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Chamomile in the UK
UK guide to growing chamomile from seed. Covers Roman vs German types, chamomile lawns, tea making, companion planting, and month-by-month care.
Growing 2 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Ginger at Home in the UK
Grow ginger at home in the UK from a shop-bought rhizome. Covers indoor and greenhouse growing, 20-25C temperature needs, and harvesting after 8-10 months.
Growing 2 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Hops in the UK
Grow hops in UK gardens with our expert guide covering Fuggle, Cascade, First Gold and Aureus varieties, planting, support systems and home brewing tips.
Growing 2 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Lemon Grass in the UK
Grow lemon grass in the UK from supermarket stalks. Covers propagation, container growing, overwintering indoors, and harvesting for the kitchen.
Growing 2 April 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Lovage in the UK
Grow lovage in any UK soil for a 2m perennial herb with bold celery flavour. Sow March-April, harvest April-October. Expert guide with uses.
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.
Growing 2 April 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Tarragon in the UK
Learn how to grow tarragon in the UK. French vs Russian varieties, winter protection, division every 3 years, and harvesting tips from experienced growers.
Growing 1 April 2026 11 min read
How to Grow Borage in the UK
Grow borage in the UK with this hands-on guide. Covers sowing, companion planting with strawberries, edible flowers, and pollinator value.
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 11 min read
How to Grow Lemon Balm in the UK
Grow lemon balm in the UK with this practical guide. Covers varieties, containment, propagation, harvesting for tea and cooking, companion planting.
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 15 min read
Grow Melons in a Greenhouse UK Guide
Learn how to grow melons in a greenhouse in the UK. Covers best varieties, sowing, hand pollination, and harvesting sweet melons from expert growers.
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 1 April 2026 16 min read
Hydroponics for Beginners UK Guide
Start growing with hydroponics in the UK. Covers DWC, NFT, wick and drip systems, nutrient mixing, pH control and the best crops for first-time growers.
Growing 31 March 2026 15 min read
Best Apple Varieties for UK Gardens
Expert guide to the best apple varieties for UK gardens with pollination groups, rootstock picks and a 15-year growing trial from West Midlands clay soil.
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.
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 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.
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 12 min read
How to Grow Dill in the UK
How to grow dill in UK gardens. Covers best varieties, direct sowing, bolt prevention, companion planting, seed saving, and harvesting leaves and seeds.
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 14 min read
How to Grow Goji Berry in the UK
Grow goji berries in UK gardens with this tested guide. Covers best varieties, planting, pruning, container growing, harvesting and drying methods.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Honeyberry in the UK
Learn how to grow honeyberry in the UK. Covers best varieties, cross-pollination, planting, soil needs and harvesting the earliest fruit crop.
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 Kiwi Fruit in the UK
UK guide to growing kiwi fruit outdoors. Covers fuzzy kiwi and hardy kiwi berry varieties, pollination, wall training, and harvesting.
Growing 31 March 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Lemon Verbena in the UK
Lemon verbena thrives in UK gardens with winter protection. Covers planting, container growing, propagation from cuttings, harvesting, and herbal tea.
Growing 31 March 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Marjoram in the UK
How to grow marjoram in UK gardens. Sweet, pot, and wild marjoram varieties, sowing, overwintering, harvesting, drying, and culinary uses.
Growing 31 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Medlar Trees in the UK
Expert UK guide to growing medlar trees. Covers varieties, planting, bletting, pruning, and making medlar jelly from 15 years of hands-on growing.
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 12 min read
How to Grow Oregano in the UK
Grow oregano in UK gardens with this expert guide covering 5 varieties, planting, container growing, overwintering, propagation and drying for the kitchen.
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.
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.
Growing 30 March 2026 11 min read
How to Grow Fennel (Herb) in the UK
How to grow fennel herb in UK gardens. Common fennel vs Florence fennel, sowing, harvesting seeds and fronds, and garden uses.
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 13 min read
Making Herbal Teas from Your Garden
Grow herbal teas in a UK garden with 9 easy herbs. Covers harvesting, drying, blending, and year-round tea garden planning from 5 seasons of trial data.
Growing 30 March 2026 14 min read
Medicinal Herb Garden: What to Grow UK
Plan a medicinal herb garden in UK conditions. Twelve herbs with growing needs, hardiness ratings, and traditional uses from 6 years of trials.
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.
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.
Growing 30 March 2026 14 min read
Growing Citrus Trees in the UK
A practical guide to growing citrus trees in the UK. Covers the best varieties for pots, seasonal indoor-outdoor care, feeding, and common problems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Growing 16 March 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Hawthorn in the UK
Grow hawthorn in the UK: native hedging, specimen tree, May blossom, and haws. Planting, pruning, legal dates, and 300+ insect species wildlife value.
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 15 March 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Hostas UK
How to grow hostas in the UK. Covers 15 varieties, slug protection, container growing, division, and seasonal care from 5 years testing on clay soil.
Growing 14 March 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Magnolia in the UK
How to grow magnolia in the UK. Expert guide to varieties, planting, soil prep, pruning, and seasonal care from 10 years of magnolia growing.
Growing 14 March 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Rhododendrons UK
How to grow rhododendrons in UK gardens. Covers acid soil prep, best varieties, planting, pruning, yellow leaf fixes and seasonal care from expert growers.
Growing 14 March 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Silver Birch in the UK
Grow silver birch in UK gardens: pendula reaches 15-20m, jacquemontii 10-12m. Cultivar guide, multi-stem planting, underplanting, and care from UK trials.
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.
Growing 10 March 2026 12 min read
Best Hardy Annual Flowers to Grow from Seed
Grow hardy annual flowers from seed direct outdoors from March. Cornflower, calendula, nigella, larkspur, and ammi — all from a single sowing.
Growing 9 March 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Herbs in the UK
Complete guide to growing herbs in UK gardens. Covers the best herbs, growing from seed, container growing, harvesting, and preserving herbs year-round.
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.
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 2 March 2026 14 min read
10 Easiest Flowers to Grow from Seed UK
The 10 easiest flowers to grow from seed in the UK — sunflowers to nigella. Sowing times, germination, and spacing from a gardener with 12 years of trials.
Growing 2 March 2026 9 min read
How to Grow Chives in the UK
Grow chives in UK gardens with this practical guide covering seed sowing, dividing clumps, pot growing, companion planting benefits, and garlic chives.
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 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 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 14 min read
How to Grow Agapanthus in the UK
Grow agapanthus in the UK: hardy varieties survive -15°C, tender types need frost cover. Full sun, well-drained soil and pot-bound roots boost flowering.
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 25 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Crab Apple Trees UK
UK guide to growing crab apple trees. Covers best varieties, pollination groups, jelly making, planting, pruning, and pests. From a Staffordshire grower.
Growing 24 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Cress and Watercress UK
Grow cress and watercress at home in the UK. Garden cress on kitchen paper in 5-7 days, watercress in containers, land cress as a soil-grown alternative.
Growing 23 February 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Cut Flowers UK: Beginners
Beginner guide to growing cut flowers in the UK. Best varieties, sowing calendar, cutting techniques and vase life from 7 years of cutting garden trials.
Growing 22 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Elderberry in the UK
Grow elderberry in the UK: native Sambucus nigra and ornamental varieties. Pruning, elderflower cordial, elderberry wine, wildlife value, and safety.
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 21 February 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Blueberries in the UK
Learn how to grow blueberries in the UK. Covers best varieties, ericaceous compost, container growing, pruning, feeding and harvesting July to September.
Growing 21 February 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Monstera UK: Full Guide
Grow monstera successfully in a UK home with this expert guide. Light, watering, aerial roots, support structures, propagation, and common problems.
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.
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.
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.
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 15 min read
How to Grow Cherry Trees in the UK
UK guide to growing cherry trees. Covers sweet and acid varieties, rootstocks, planting, pruning in summer to avoid silver leaf, and bird protection.
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 6 February 2026 14 min read
Grow Sunflowers with Children UK
How to grow sunflowers with children in the UK. Step-by-step guide with best varieties, age-appropriate tasks, growing competitions, and seed harvesting.
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 4 February 2026 15 min read
How to Grow Mushrooms at Home UK
How to grow mushrooms at home in the UK. Covers oyster, shiitake, lion's mane, indoor and outdoor methods, substrate, kits, log growing, and costs.
Growing 3 February 2026 14 min read
Flower Planting Calendar: Month by Month
Month-by-month flower planting calendar for UK gardens. Covers sowing times for annuals, perennials, biennials, and bulbs across all regions.
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.
Growing 31 January 2026 14 min read
Edible Flowers: Growing and Using Them
Grow edible flowers in UK gardens with this hands-on guide. Covers 12 varieties including nasturtiums, violas, calendula, borage and lavender plus recipes.
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.
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 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 26 January 2026 14 min read
Grow Redcurrants and Blackcurrants
UK guide to growing redcurrants and blackcurrants. Covers varieties, planting, pruning differences, cordons, pest control, and harvesting 4-5kg per bush.
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.
Growing 23 January 2026 14 min read
Grow Fruit in Pots and Containers
How to grow fruit in pots and containers in the UK. Covers best varieties, pot sizes, compost types, feeding, winter care, and a monthly calendar.
Growing 22 January 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Sunflowers in the UK
Complete guide to growing sunflowers in UK gardens. Covers sowing times, best varieties, container growing, pests, and seed harvesting.
Growing 20 January 2026 10 min read
How to Grow Thyme in the UK
Grow thyme in UK gardens with this practical guide covering 12 varieties, propagation from cuttings, pruning tips and a month-by-month care calendar.
Growing 17 January 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Grape Vines in the UK
UK guide to growing grape vines outdoors and under glass. Covers best varieties, planting, pruning, training wires, and harvesting grapes in UK gardens.
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.
Growing 11 January 2026 13 min read
What to Plant in November in the UK
Everything to plant and do in November across UK gardens. Covers garlic, broad beans, bare-root trees, tulip bulbs, lawn care, and essential winter jobs.
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.
Growing 8 January 2026 16 min read
How to Grow Apple Trees in the UK
Complete UK guide to growing apple trees. Covers rootstocks, pollination groups, best dessert and cooking varieties, planting, pruning, and pest control.
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 29 December 2025 12 min read
How to Grow Mint in the UK
UK guide to growing mint in pots and containers. Covers varieties, propagation from cuttings, stopping mint spreading, and dealing with mint rust.
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 28 December 2025 10 min read
How to Grow Parsley from Seed UK
How to grow parsley from seed in the UK. Covers flat-leaf and curly varieties, slow germination fixes, container growing and year-round harvesting tips.
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 25 December 2025 15 min read
How to Grow Fig Trees in the UK
Learn how to grow fig trees in UK gardens. Covers the best varieties, root restriction, fan training, pruning, container growing, and harvesting.
Growing 25 December 2025 16 min read
How to Grow Plum Trees in the UK
UK guide to growing plum trees, damsons, gages, and mirabelles. Covers rootstocks, best varieties, planting, summer pruning, pest control, and harvesting.
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 16 December 2025 10 min read
How to Grow Sage in the UK
Grow sage in UK gardens with this expert guide covering five varieties, pruning, propagation from cuttings, pot growing, and when to replace woody plants.
Growing 15 December 2025 12 min read
When to Sow Wildflower Seeds in the UK
Best times to sow wildflower seeds in the UK with month-by-month calendar. Covers autumn and spring sowing, soil preparation, and native species selection.
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.
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 6 December 2025 13 min read
When to Plant Daffodil Bulbs in the UK
Practical UK guide to planting daffodil bulbs. Covers best planting times, depth, naturalising in grass, top varieties, and aftercare for repeat flowering.
Growing 4 December 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Blackberries in the UK
Learn how to grow blackberries in UK gardens. Covers thornless and thorned varieties, fan training, pruning fruited canes, and harvesting 5-10kg per plant.
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 30 November 2025 13 min read
When to Plant Dahlias in the UK
Month-by-month guide to planting dahlias in the UK. Covers starting tubers indoors, planting out dates by region, and variety selection for UK gardens.
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.
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.
Growing 27 November 2025 10 min read
How to Grow Coriander Without Bolting
How to grow coriander in the UK without it bolting. Covers slow-bolt varieties, successional sowing, container growing and harvesting leaves and seeds.
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 20 November 2025 13 min read
How to Grow Strawberries in the UK
Guide to growing strawberries in UK gardens. Covers varieties, planting times, containers, feeding, runner propagation, and pest protection.
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.
Growing 14 November 2025 10 min read
Mini Greenhouse Guide for Small Gardens
Choose the best mini greenhouse for a small UK garden. Covers lean-to, growhouse, and tomato house types with positioning, ventilation, and crop advice.
Growing 13 November 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Gooseberries in the UK
Complete guide to growing gooseberries in UK gardens. Covers the best varieties, planting, pruning, training as cordons, pest control, and harvesting tips.
Growing 13 November 2025 14 min read
How to Make Jam from Garden Fruit
Complete UK guide to making jam from garden fruit. Covers pectin levels, sugar ratios, setting point tests, sterilising jars, and recipes for 6 fruits.
Growing 11 November 2025 11 min read
How to Grow Basil in the UK
Practical UK guide to growing basil from seed. Covers sowing times, best varieties, pinching tips for bushy growth, and storing your harvest.
Growing 10 November 2025 13 min read
What to Plant in December in the UK
Everything to plant, prune, and plan in December across UK gardens. Covers bare-root trees, winter pruning, forced rhubarb, and cold-weather jobs.
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.
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 10 min read
How to Grow Rosemary in the UK
Rosemary thrives on neglect in UK gardens. Covers best varieties, propagation from cuttings, pruning, and the common mistake that kills most plants.
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.
Growing 31 October 2025 14 min read
Dwarf Fruit Trees for Small Gardens
Grow fruit trees in small UK gardens using dwarf rootstocks. Apple, pear, cherry, and plum varieties that suit patios, pots, and tiny plots.
Growing 28 October 2025 10 min read
When to Plant Sunflowers in the UK
Exact timing for sowing sunflowers indoors and outdoors across UK regions. Covers giant, dwarf, and multi-headed varieties with planting calendars.
Growing 26 October 2025 12 min read
Cold Frame Gardening UK
How to use a cold frame in the UK to harden off seedlings, overwinter tender plants, and extend the growing season. Includes positioning and crop choices.
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.
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.
Growing 13 October 2025 14 min read
How to Grow Raspberries in the UK
Grow raspberries in UK gardens with this guide to summer and autumn varieties, planting, pruning, support systems, and pest control for reliable crops.
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 12 min read
Foraging in Your Garden: Edible Plants
Edible wild plants already growing in UK gardens. Covers identification, harvesting, cooking, and encouraging useful native plants you can eat.
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 7 October 2025 13 min read
When to Plant Tulip Bulbs in the UK
Expert UK guide to planting tulip bulbs at the right time. Covers planting depth, best varieties, lasagne planting in pots, and tulip fire prevention.
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.
Growing 2 October 2025 14 min read
When to Plant Spring Bulbs in the UK
Find out when to plant spring bulbs across the UK. Covers daffodils, tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, alliums, and snowdrops with exact timing by type.