The latest tips, guides, features & news from the UK’s number 1 grow your own magazine.
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May 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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PRODUCT REVIEWS: PLANTING TOOLS (MAY 24)
Many of us will be planting out our precious crops soon if not already, so here is some equipment that you may find useful BEST BUY ELEMENTS TROWEL, WEED FORK AND TRANSPLANTING TROWEL SETArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy more Kitchen…
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6 fast-growing vegetables you can harvest in less than 2 months!
Always wanted to grow your own vegetables but worried it’s a lengthy and tiring process? Never fear, with these six easy and fast-growing vegetables, you can be eating homegrown in less than two months!
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How to grow fruit and veg in a shady garden
It is possible to grow fruit and vegetables in shadier areas. Deputy editor Emma Rawlings suggests a few crops that should do well.
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The Cottage Garden Society ‘Grow In Pots’ For The Malvern Show 9-12 May
Launched in 1982, The Cottage Garden Society (CGS) is an informal and friendly society of about 3,000 members, they have 30 groups meeting throughout the UK for talks, workshops, garden visits and plant sales This year the society will be back at…
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Steam into asparagus season aboard the Asparagus Express!
A festival dedicated to asparagus is holding a unique launch event – on a steam train!
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024: The Bowel Research UK’s Microbiome Garden
The Bowel Research UK’s Microbiome Garden explores the fascinating link between a healthy landscape, a healthy gut and a healthy mind The Bowel Research UK Microbiome Garden designed by Sid Hill and Chris Hull, explores the fascinating link between a…
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GARDENING CHARITY URGES GARDENERS TO DITCH PEAT
A lack of clarity from DEFRA is continuing to damage precious peat habitats says Garden Organic, as a promised 2024 ban is no closer to being enforced. This Peat Free April, the sustainable gardening charity is sharing its tips for…
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Jobs for April
Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for April.
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How to build a rabbit fence
Emma builds a fence to stop hungry rabbits from eating her carrots once and for all. But she didn’t reckon on the Easter Bunny! Who knew he could be such a rascal! But of course, being a magic bunny, he…
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Every Garden Matters in the fight to stem biodiversity loss
Millions of gardeners across the UK are being urged to act now to halt the dangerous drop in the levels of birds, insects and other wildlife across the country. A new research paper from Garden Organic/Henry Doubleday Research Association shows…
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Build your own propagating equipment: how to protect seedlings on a budget
Stephanie Hafferty offers some money-saving ideas to keep seedlings warm and make sure they have adequate light.