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If you’d like to have a few things growing on the kitchen windowsill, then here are our suggestions… You’ll be surprised how many things you can grow on a sunny…

Whilst they are very easy to grow, there is a bit of an art to a nice, long-lasting crop of lettuces and leaves…these are our 3 top tips. Plant them…

To keep things organic in the veg patch it’s useful to have a few pest-prevention tactics up your sleeves before you plant for the season. The list below details just…

It’s all about the planting! Growing your own right through the seasons is very achievable (and with minimum effort required over winter) as long as you get the planting schedule…

We’re now shipping our seed potatoes for 2020 so that you can start chitting them. Whilst that’s happening, you can warm your soil ready for them to be planted. You…

If you’re relatively new to growing your own, or if you are a bit strapped for time, then have a look at our list of easy, low-maintenance plants.

I have to admit, I’m quite a lazy gardener. There are some jobs that I enjoy doing, and others that I avoid, and when it comes to composting I am…

You may have seen the phrase “feed the soil, not the plants” in many gardening books and website. It carries a lot of weight, and in this article we explain…

We’ve received a few queries recently from customers who are finding that their winter veg is growing slower than expected. These are the 3 questions/pieces of advice that we can…

Forcing rhubarb in late winter is a technique used to produce an earlier crop of tender, pale stems of rhubarb. It’s easy to do, and whilst it’s not strictly necessary…

Quite a good job for this time of year is to tidy up herb plants. Strolling around your garden, you’ll notice old growth and new growth on several herb varieties…