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 pots. Potted food gardens are portable, versatile and perfect for backyards...
Planting and potting
Planting and potting
Properly repotting a plant is vital to avoid stressing it out. You might need to repot if your plant is overgrown, or if you're changing décor. We can show you how to do it properly.
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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...
Repotting keeps plants healthy
Why is repotting so necessary? Plants growing in pots from very small (50mm diameter) to very large (half wine barrels...
How to Repot Plants in 6 Simple Steps
Whether you're starting a plant collection from scratch, or wanting to move a beloved plant into a new pot, knowing how...
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Plant Propagation: Learn How to Propagate Plants
Plant propagation is a great way to make new plants for free! Propagation can be done either by collecting seeds, taking...
How to Grow Your Own Pizza Pots
If your kids (or you) like pizza, then growing your own pizza veggies and herbs is a must! Follow Melissa King's easy...
How To Make A Pallet Garden In 5 Steps
Making a pallet garden bed is really quick and easy. You’ll use old wooden pallets, which provide a readymade wooden...
10 Cut Flower Garden Ideas
Flowers picked fresh from the garden bring vibrancy and life into the home! A cut flower garden not only looks beautiful...
15 Shade Loving Plants That’ll Brighten Up Your Garden
All gardens have their tricky spots, whether too dry, too hot, too shady, or too damp. Shady areas can be due to...
Melissa King’s Bulb Planting Guide
Nothing says Spring quite like drifts of flowering Daffodils or big bold Tulips and what would Summer and Autumn be...
Melissa King’s Top 5 Ways to Display Bulbs
By Melissa King With so many varieties of bulbs out there, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or carried away! To help get you...
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 =...
Create Your Own Succulent Teacup Planter
Our favourite things about cacti and succulents are their unique shapes, colours, textures and most of all, their...
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...
Health benefits of indoor plants
After being in the wilderness for the past few decades, indoor plants are back in vogue as indoor décor and more of us...
The Experts Guide to Growing Beautiful Roses at Home
Ever walked past a public garden and noticed how beautiful their rose arrangements looked? Or have you ever glanced over...