Here we’ve pulled together some of the best advice from independent bloggers, YouTubers and Instagram gardeners to help you plant, divide, force and harvest your crop for optimum results.
Growing fruit
Are you passionate about growing fruit? Thompson & Morgan's bloggers are experts at it, as well as sharing their failures, successes and love of cultivation here on the blog.
Growing raspberries with children
Children love growing things they can pick and eat straight from the plant, and soft fruits are particular favourites. Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’ is a dwarf variety that grows to about 3ft tall, and is perfectly happy in the ground, in a container, or even on a sunny balcony.
Why you need to grow Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’
If you’d love to grow raspberries but lack the space in your garden to accommodate rows of towering canes, Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’® is the solution you’re looking for.
Grafted veg – The advantages of going that extra step
Last year we at Thompson & Morgan started to sell grafted vegetable plants such as tomatoes and cucumbers; this year we have extended the range to include melons and watermelons too! Too much trouble? So why graft a plant that’s only going to be around for a season or...
Formative Winter Pruning on Mature Apples and Pears
Hi all, If you read my last blog you’ll know I was talking about the different types of gardeners we all are. Since then I’ve been doing some thinking and I’ve had my performance review at work and I’m now working towards becoming a fruit loop! I’d like to learn more...
What do dahlias, apples & grapes all have in common?
I hate my allotment! Just when I thought, that’s it for another year, I find dozens of windfall apples, pounds of grapes and enough dahlias to fill a church, all needing to be harvested, sorted, washed, displayed or cooked. Mercifully my fig plant didn’t produce any...
Home Grown Tomatoes
Introduction One of the main reasons for the increase in gardening activity at our house was to grow our own fruit and vegetables. As mentioned previously, we have 4 raised beds that have been neglected for a few years now and so it makes sense to restore and use...
Can’t Stop the Harvest
Everyday there is something else to pick, cook and preserve. If Gooseberries are your thing this year's harvest has given you something to shout about. So many in the freezer, given away and eaten it has to be a record year. That goes for all the harvest of the other...
Amanda’s April 2017 Blog…
Amanda’s update on her garden for April, with lots and lots of seeds planted!
Tomatoes, potatoes and yoghurt pots
Theresa’s latest update on how her vegetable garden is progressing.
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