Grow your own Avocado Plant
Ever thought of growing your own avocado plant? This brunch-time staple can produce an adorable little plant from its discarded avocado seeds. If you’d like to test out how green your thumb is, learn...
Grow your own vegetables
Grow your own vegetables
Growing your own takes your culinary endeavours to a new level. You can eat with the seasons and you know exactly what you're EATING. No matter your garden size or where you are based, our tips have you covered.
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How to grow potatoes
Boiled, mashed, baked or cut into chips – potatoes are hugely versatile, and a staple food for most households. Whether...
The benefits of fruit and vegetables
By eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables we can bolster our natural defences against, and reduce our risk of...
Caring for summer vegetables
What a fantastic year it has been so far for growing your own veg. The weather has been conducive for most crops...
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Pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita moschata)
Pumpkins aren’t only for Halloween carving, they are a very tasty and useful vegetable. They can be stored for months...
What are the easiest vegetables to grow?
Interest in grows your own continues to rise and growing your own tasty and healthy fruit and veg at home are easier...
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
Asparagus is a long-term crop, usually providing up to 20 years of delicious spears if you plant well and care for the...
Tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum)
No summer salad is complete without juicy home-grown tomatoes picked at their peak of maturity, fresh from the vine...
Winter vegetable recipes
From chunky soups to winter salads, there are so many ways to use winter vegetables. Including yummy creamy pumpkin...
Which fruit and vegetables can I grow in the shade?
Unless you live in the desert, there’s quite a high chance that your garden, patio or even allotment has some shade. It...