Growing 19 June 2026 13 min read
Winter Vegetables to Grow Indoors UK
Which vegetables to grow indoors in winter in the UK. Microgreens, salad leaves and herbs that crop on a windowsill from November to February.
Vegetables
Practical vegetable growing guides written for British soil, weather, and growing seasons.
Growing 18 June 2026 14 min read
How to Grow Yacon in the UK
Grow yacon in the UK for 2-4kg of sweet, crunchy tubers per plant. Planting, lifting before frost, curing to boost sweetness, plus crown sources.
Growing 16 June 2026 13 min read
Autumn Sowing Sweet Peas UK for Earlier Flowers
Autumn sowing sweet peas in the UK: sow in October in root trainers, overwinter in a cold frame, and pick scented stems two to three weeks early.
Growing 11 June 2026 12 min read
Grow Quinoa in the UK: Sowing to Saponin Rinse
How to grow quinoa in the UK: northern-bred varieties, April sowing, September harvest, threshing, winnowing and the saponin rinse explained.
Growing 11 June 2026 10 min read
Seed Tapes: How to Use Them and Make Your Own
Seed tapes cut carrot thinning from 25 minutes a row to 4. Sowing depths, a 71% germination trial and a DIY loo-roll method costing 30p per 3m.
Growing 10 June 2026 12 min read
Biennial Bearing: Why Fruit Trees Skip a Year
Apple or pear tree cropping heavily one year, barely the next? Biennial bearing is the cause. How to break the cycle with thinning in UK gardens.
Growing 8 June 2026 13 min read
How to Grow Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Grow purple sprouting broccoli for the hungry gap. Sowing in April, 60cm spacing in firm soil, and harvesting purple spears from February to April.
Growing 8 June 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Long Parsnips for Show
Grow long show parsnips with the bore-hole method. Boring, sifted media, sowing and lifting metre-long roots unbroken. UK exhibition parsnip guide.
Growing 8 June 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Pot Leeks for Show
Grow pot leeks for the show bench. Pods and grass propagation, heavy feeding, blanching and judging by volume to the button. North-east UK leek guide.
Growing 8 June 2026 12 min read
How to Grow Trench Celery for Show
Grow trench celery for the show bench. Trench prep, collaring, blanching and staging to win the class. UK exhibition celery guide from seed to bench.
Growing 4 June 2026 13 min read
Growing Vegetables in Hanging Baskets
Growing vegetables in hanging baskets: best crops, basket size, watering, feeding and a UK sowing calendar from Lawrie Ashfield in Staffordshire.
Growing 4 June 2026 13 min read
Small Veg Garden Layout: 5 Plans That Fit
Small vegetable garden design for UK plots: 5 bed layout plans, 1.2m bed widths, crop rotation and yields tested on a Staffordshire garden.
Growing 4 June 2026 13 min read
Which Vegetables Need a Trellis?
Which vegetables need a trellis and when to add support: runner beans, peas, cucumbers, cordon tomatoes, squash and melons, with load and timing data.
Growing 3 June 2026 15 min read
Best Companion Flowers for UK Veg Beds
Companion flowers for vegetables: a crop-by-crop matrix of marigolds, nasturtiums, calendula and more, with trialled UK pest reduction figures.
Growing 3 June 2026 14 min read
Growing Dwarf French Beans in the UK
Grow dwarf French beans in the UK with no canes. Sowing temperatures, 15cm spacing, variety trial yields, container growing, and a month-by-month plan.
Growing 3 June 2026 15 min read
Pro Grower Tips for Better UK Tomatoes
Advanced tips for growing tomatoes in the UK. High-potash feeding, deep planting, de-leafing and pollination methods that lift yield 20 to 40 percent.
Growing 3 June 2026 15 min read
Spinach All Year: UK Succession Sowing
Grow spinach year round in the UK with succession sowing and the right cultivars. True spinach, perpetual spinach and New Zealand spinach for every season.
Growing 27 May 2026 16 min read
Drought-Tolerant Vegetables UK: 12 Edibles
12 drought-tolerant vegetables for UK gardens. Includes watering ratios, mulch depths, drip irrigation costs, and 2018 and 2022 heatwave data.
Growing 27 May 2026 14 min read
Edible Garden Weeds UK: 10 Plants You Can Forage
Identify 10 edible weeds you can forage from a UK garden. Includes ID features, look-alikes, harvest months, taste notes, and Wildlife Act rules.
Growing 26 May 2026 11 min read
Show Runner Beans UK: The 12-Inch Pod Class
Show runner beans UK guide: Stenner, Enorma, Liberty varieties, hand-pollination, vertical training, lifting for 12-inch pods and NVS staging.
Growing 26 May 2026 11 min read
Show Stump Carrots UK: Prep, Lift and Stage
Show stump carrots UK guide: best varieties, sand-filled drums, smooth lifting, washing without scuffing, and the NVS staging that wins.
Growing 23 May 2026 11 min read
Show-Winning Peas UK: Hurst Greenshaft Method
How to grow show-winning exhibition peas UK: Hurst Greenshaft and Show Perfection varieties, long pod selection, dish presentation, judging criteria.
Growing 20 May 2026 13 min read
Grow Edamame in the UK: A Greenhouse Crop
How to grow edamame soybeans in UK conditions. Cultivars, sowing dates, inoculant, polytunnel spacing and the yield expected per plant under glass.
Growing 20 May 2026 14 min read
Grow Wasabi UK: Real Wasabi in 18 Months
How to grow real wasabi (Wasabia japonica) in the UK: oka soil and sawa water methods, climate, plug sources, 18-24 month harvest, trial data.
Growing 20 May 2026 14 min read
Long Show Carrots: Grow 1-Metre Roots UK
Grow long carrots for show UK: bore tubes, liner mix, varieties, sowing, lifting, washing. Tested over 9 seasons at Penkridge and Stafford shows.
Growing 19 May 2026 11 min read
Exhibition Onions UK: Grow a 250g Kelsae
Growing prize-winning exhibition onions in UK gardens. Kelsae, Robinson's Mammoth, Showmaster - varieties, sowing dates, feeding and show prep.
Growing 19 May 2026 11 min read
4-Year Crop Rotation: UK Allotment Plan
The classic UK 4-year crop rotation plan. Bed-by-bed planting plan, why each family follows the next, and how to lay it out on a Staffordshire allotment.
Growing 19 May 2026 14 min read
Grow Indian and Eastern Spices in the UK
How to grow Indian and Eastern spices in the UK. Chillies, turmeric, ginger, coriander, fenugreek, curry leaf and more. Tested yields and heat data.
Growing 18 May 2026 12 min read
Show Potatoes UK: Win the Village Hall Cup
Growing prize-winning show potatoes in the UK. Winston, Kestrel, Vales Sovereign and the cultivation tricks judges look for at UK shows.
Growing 16 May 2026 12 min read
20 Vegetables That Thrive in Pots: UK Guide
The definitive UK list of vegetables for container growing - minimum pot size, depth, sun and watering needs for each crop, tested on a Staffs patio.
Growing 15 May 2026 22 min read
Growing and Using Comfrey UK: Pillar Guide
The UK gardener's complete guide to growing comfrey: Bocking 14 root cuttings, 4-5 cuts a year, liquid feed, mulch, and 10 proven garden uses.
Growing 11 May 2026 11 min read
Calabrese: Italian Broccoli for UK Plots
Calabrese growing UK. Sowing dates, spacing, head harvest, side spear yield and 6-week harvest window. The Italian broccoli most UK growers underuse.
Growing 11 May 2026 11 min read
Landcress: Winter Salad No Greenhouse
Landcress growing in UK plots. Peppery winter salad, hardy to -10C, sows August to March, harvests October to April outdoors with no protection.
Growing 5 May 2026 13 min read
Best Vegetables to Grow in Shade UK: 10 Crops
Best vegetables to grow in shade UK gardens. Ten crops that thrive in north-facing plots with under 4 hours of daily sun, with yields and timings.
Growing 30 April 2026 14 min read
Best UK Pear Trees: 12 Varieties Worth Growing
12 UK pear cultivars compared on pollination groups, ripening dates, eating versus cooking, disease resistance and how they cropped on a clay garden plot.
Growing 30 April 2026 12 min read
Giant Vegetables UK: How Growers Break Records
How UK growers break world records with 600kg pumpkins, 8kg onions, and 6m carrots. Methods, varieties, and where to see giant vegetables in 2026.
Growing 29 April 2026 14 min read
Best UK Onion Varieties: Sets vs Seed Tested
Best UK onion varieties compared from a 4-year trial of 18 cultivars. Sets vs seed yields, keeping quality, taste ratings and bolt resistance.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.