Grow your own

Advice & inspiration

There’s nothing more magical than eating fresh produce straight from the plant.

Herbs are one of the best plants to grow when you have a nice bit of sunshine to enjoy.

Even if you only have a small garden or just a patio, you can still easily grow your own tasty fruit and vegetables.

Interest in ‘Homegrown’ continues to rise and growing your own super tasty and healthy fruit and vegetables at home is...

Why not add a personal touch to your Christmas gifts this year by making your own!

Nothing says 'Christmas is on its way' like the smell of a real tree - let alone the joy of picking one and decorating...

Christmas houseplants are a great way of brightening up the house and they’re fabulous Christmas gifts.

There’s nothing quite like a real Christmas tree to decorate a room and fill your home with that nostalgic seasonal...

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Sage is a very popular shrub, mainly grown for its leaves, which are strongly scented.

You simply can’t beat a delicious rhubarb crumble made with your very own sweet, tart rhubarb stems.

Celery used to be considered as a bit of a difficult crop to grow. But modern, self-blanching varieties make it much...

Plums, and their closely related damsons and gages, are all easy fruits to grow at home. They produce large (often too...

Sweet peppers (or capsicum) come in a good range of fruit colours when mature - red, orange, yellow and even purple...

We like to help our budding gardeners out over here at LoveTheGarden, by making sure we always include a range of how-to...

Gro-Bags, gro-sacs and planters can be used to grow a magnitude of vegetables, fruits, salad leaves and herbs.

What better way to add a personal touch to a home-cooked meal than with your own homegrown herbs?

Just imagine the scene: You want a gin and tonic or need some lemon juice for a recipe and you’ve run out of lemons...

One of the best ways to avoid vegetable pests, diseases and disorders is to rotate your crops to different plots each...

Amaze your friends and family by growing unusual plants in the polytunnel, greenhouse or the kitchen windowsill, it’s...

Cherries are one of the best fresh fruit flavours of summer and they’re pretty easy to grow at home. Improvements and...