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Keeping blooms bursting with life and staying on top of cropping means there’s plenty to keep you busy in the summer.

There is plenty of goodness in gardening, and here are some of the top ways you can benefit from getting into your...

Whether inside or out, if you’re giving growing at home a go, I’ve got the very best practices for plentiful plants.

Butterflies and bees love alliums, and even the dried flowerheads look beautiful in the border.

Are you a skilled botanist or do plants struggle to stick around in your company? We've created this quiz to help those...

For over 100 years, Chelsea Flower Show has been a place where plants have been exhibited and garden designs have been...

One of the joys of indoor gardening is that you can enjoy it all year round. With houseplants bringing visual therapy...

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Bags of salad leaves are quite expensive to buy and have a fairly short lifespan in the fridge. Grow your own and you...

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

Who doesn’t love strawberries?

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 come in a good range of fruit colours when mature - red, orange, yellow and even purple. This makes them...

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...