Monthly Planting Calendar (downloadable)
Growing your own vegetables and fruits is rewarding, but it takes quite a bit of experience and know-how to do it successfully. To get the best results, you need to know: what to plant when to plant...
Grow Your Own
Grow Your Own
Growing your own produce is an exciting experience, but all sorts of factors can affect growth. You'll need to know the right environment, what feed to use and how to make sure they survive! Our guides will show you how.
Advice & inspiration
Garden Smarter, Not Harder with Melissa King
Follow Melissa King’s Top 6 Tips for having healthy plants and a bumper crop in the veggie patch! 1. Healthy Soil =...
Beginners' guide to growing herbs
Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow, and the most delicious. Grow them in the garden, on a windowsill or in...
How to Grow and Care for Tasty Tomatoes
There’s nothing like the flavour of home-grown tomatoes picked fresh from the plant. They’re aromatic, juicy and packed...
What to do in your garden in June
Articles (29)
Caring for potted veggies and herbs
Home grown herbs and vegetables are a tasty addition to the family diet and growing them in pots is a great way to have...
Planting healthy fruit & citrus trees
Whether it’s a lime tree in the back corner or a blueberry in the front garden, planting fruiting trees is its own...
Winter in the Vegetable Patch
"Winter" means different things to different people - it all depends on where you live! There are two distinct winters...
Starting your patch from scratch
Fresh herbs and vegetables can transform any meal into a masterpiece and no matter where you live, there are loads of...
How to grow strawberries
Nothing beats the flavour of strawberries picked fresh from the garden. Warm and oozing with sweetness, perfectly ripe...
How to grow carrots
Growing your own vegetables is all about having better looking, fresher, tastier crops than those generally available...
Potting Mix 101
If you’re looking at growing your own herbs and vegetables in pots or containers, then you need to invest in the best...
Grow your own greens
Summer salads just aren't the same without a collection of colourful leaves. Plant a range of lettuce, spinach, kale...
Choosing the right pot for your crop
Home-grown vegetables and herbs are essential for the food lover and amateur cook and, luckily, they are easy to grow in...
Healthy soil = healthy plants
Growing your own delicious, healthy fruits and vegetables starts from the ground up. Improve your soil and you‘ll be...
Premium or organic?
When it comes to gardening, there are three main groups of people: Those who don't have any particular preferences and...
How to establish a new garden bed
Creating a beautiful outdoor space is one of the privileges of having your own home, where you can literally put down...
