Whether you're gardening in containers, an allotment or a corner of your garden, you'll find helpful information and advice in the vegetable section. From planting in winter to growing veg in summer, we've got you covered!
Potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables to grow in your garden. You can grow potatoes either in the ground or you can grow them in potato bags or containers and it really couldn’t be easier with our expert advice on how to grow potatoes. How to Plant Potatoes...
How to successfully grow your TomTato® plants We've had an amazing amount of interest in our TomTato® plants and news of the new innovation has spread throughout the world! TomTato® is available to buy from the Thompson & Morgan website, but only to customers in...
Grow your own - it's not too late! Spring may be late this year, but there is still plenty of time to grow your own. In fact, waiting and sowing later when the soil and weather conditions are better means that your seeds will germinate more successfully than in cold...
Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius) aka Peruvian ground apple, Bolivian sunroot Sweet-tasting tuber makes ‘no-sugar’ syrup suitable for diabetics Here’s an interesting tuber with the texture of water chestnuts and a sweet taste of pear with a hint of watermelon! Yacón is...
A Beginners Guide to Growing a Veg Garden Why grow veg? For me it’s ultimately about cooking, with the added incentive of being in nature in a way that I find enjoyable. It’s also better value, seasonal, greener and gives me a feeling of history, past and legacy. It’s...
Guest blogger Deborah Catchpole writes about her early and formative gardening experiences... I'm a gardener. There; I've said it. It's not always the first thing that a 28 year old is willing to admit, but for me, it's something that has come to define who I am - or...
Read Lorraine Pullen's post about her first year of blogging. I became a blogger just over 12 months ago when I started my own blog entitled The Good Life - Well Maybe! The “Well Maybe” was added as I was a recently retired public servant, with little experience of...
Gardening with children From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. Aeschylus. Working in horticulture brings with it a certain responsibility - that of everyone else’s gardens! Friends, family, passing acquaintances and even complete strangers will freely ask your...
It’s mid October and the wife wanted me to go to the allotment this morning to get a few veg for a Sunday roast dinner, there are still a good few plants growing down there although the weather is now turning decidedly chilly! A fine row of large parsnips similarly...