The latest tips, guides, features & news from the UK’s number 1 grow your own magazine.
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Peppers in grow bags
KG editor, Steve Ott is growing his peppers in bottomless pots over growing bags this year. In this video he shares this simple planting technique, which gives the plants a bit more root room and means a bit less watering…
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What is pinching out plants – and should I do it?
Sometimes plants benefit from having their growing tips removed, as Becky Searle explains.
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Summer sowing of kale
In June or July you can sow some kale to provide delicious and nutritious harvests all winter. You can sow in a seedbed first which is an area of soil where you germinate the seeds and nurture the young plants…
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Jobs for June
Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for May.
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Royal seal of approval for sustainable gardening charity
His Majesty The King has announced his continued patronage of sustainable gardening charity Garden Organic. As a keen organic gardener and well-known environmentalist, The King has always championed practices closely aligned with those of the charity. His Majesty became a…
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June 2024
The latest issue of the UK’s best-selling growing your own magazine is brimming with all the best tips, tricks, advice and ideas for growing your own fruit and veg.
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What tomato varieties are we growing in 2024?
Emma, Steve, and Tony share some of the tomato varieties they’re growing this year, including old favourites and others they’re trying for the first time!
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Product reviews: hoes (June 24)
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Planting soft fruit (gooseberry & blackcurrant bushes)
KG editor Steve Ott has been busy planting some new gooseberry and blackcurrant bushes. Pot-grown plants can be planted all-year-round and Steve was chuffed to find some superstore bargains!
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Growing potatoes in bags
Growing in bags is a great space-saving way to get the flavour of new potatoes from home-grown spuds. KG editor Steve Ott brings you an update on his crop.
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Pot grown onions – an update
It’s so easy to grow onions in pots. KG editor Steve Ott explains how to go about it.