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.
Vegetables
Practical vegetable growing guides written for British soil, weather, and growing seasons.
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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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.