The latest tips, guides, features & news from the UK’s number 1 grow your own magazine.
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Potato growing trial: which way wins?
Emma plants first early potatoes ‘Arran Pilot’ three different ways. One was placing tubers straight on top of the soil and covering with just grass cuttings. The second was planting the tubers on top of the soil and covering with…
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How to grow your own Christmas dinner!
Grow your own vegetables for the festive table and turn up the dial on taste! Christmas may feel like a very long way off, but plans for home-grown festive fare start now, says Benedict Vanheems.
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Essential summer tasks for growing fruit
Our resident fruit expert David Patch takes a look at three essential summer tasks for fruit growers.
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Jobs for May
Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for May.
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How to Stop Chrysanths
Here’s one for all you budding show chrysanth growers. In these videos Mal Reynolds, keen exhibitor, present National Champion growing late single chrysanthemums and chairman of the North Lincoln Horticultural Society (NLHS) explains how and when to stop (pinch) late…
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FREE ORGANIC SEEDS WITH YOUR SHOPPING
Thanks to a partnership between Garden Organic and Yeo Valley Organic you can grow your own fragrant basil, chives or thyme plants Available May and June 2024, with every 400g tub of Yeo Valley Organic’s Spreadable blend of organic butter…
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How to sow sweetcorn
In this video KG editor Steve Ott sows sweetcorn ‘Bodacious F1’ for planting outside once the frosts are over at the beginning of June. To find out more be sure to pick up a copy of the May 2024 issue…
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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…
