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!
Green smoothies are packed with leafy greens that offer a range of health benefits, including being full of antioxidants and vitamins, boosting your immune system and helping to improve digestion. Many of the most popular ingredients of healthy green smoothies are...
Hoorah, my seed potatoes have arrived and are safely set out in egg boxes on the window sill. I have just used the last of last years crop which kept beautifully in the frost free shed. The onions from last season are still going well with no sign of any shooting or...
Welcome to my new monthly Baking Blog. Each month will feature an in-season fruit or vegetable dish to make with a little bit of grow-your-own information on the side. January is perfect for making Parsnip Scones! The humble parsnip, a mainstay of the Sunday Roast has...
A beautiful sunny autumn day is just the inspiration need to go out and do some tasks that have been put to one side and the prospect of cold weather is another good reason to be busy. I have dug over the ‘squash bed’, the planting moves around the bed but there is...
Say goodbye to tasteless supermarket produce by growing your own delicious nutritious fruit and veggies. To help show you how, we’ve hunted down some of the best vegetable gardening blogs around. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a sprawling allotment, or a scrubby...
One of my earliest memories is of helping my Mum and Dad weed the veggie plot and collecting chicken eggs from the chooks at the end of the garden. I grew up on a farm as a child and always had my own piece of land to grow and learn with, so I suppose it’s in the...
Hello, it’s been a long time since I had the time to sit down and let you know how the garden has been progressing through August. We have been harvesting everyday in the vegetable patch. I can’t remember a year where we have had such a good potato crop, both early...
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...
Every time I offer some knowledge with regards to growing crops for your business, the first question is always, so how long have you been growing the beard? It's not really the first, it's about the 5th question! They actually want to know the easiest vegetable/fruit...
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...
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