How To Use Green Manure Seeds To Get A Better Yield

How to use green manure seeds to improve your soil

By far, the easiest way to improve your soil and add nutrients is through sowing green manure seeds when the garden beds are bare. High in nitrogen, green manure crops are ideal for growing before a hungry crop is planted in the same area later in the year. In this article we will explain what … Read more

Marshalls Vegetable Seeds Review

Marshalls Vegetable Seeds Review

This year I have got a HUGE selection of seeds from Marshalls Seeds. I really do like Marshalls seeds as they have a really good selection of different modern and traditional vegetable seed varieties, including almost all of my favourites! Along with the seeds I have saved myself, got from seed exchanges and the rare … Read more

Growing Tomatoes In Hanging Baskets

Growing Tomatoes In Hanging Baskets

Tomatoes are one of the most popular crop grown in vegetable gardens. Did you know that growing tomatoes in hanging baskets is easy? Even if you only have a small garden or a balcony, you can still have delicious tomatoes all summer long. All you need is a bit of wall space ore somewhere outside … Read more

How To Make Compost At Home Fast – A Step-By-Step Guide

How to make compost at home fast

Making your own compost is not only good for the environment but also great for your veggies. And while it normally takes at least six months to produce usable compost, we will show you how to make compost at home fast. Making your own compost means you don’t have to buy it and to make … Read more

How To Make a No-Dig Vegetable Garden – Complete Guide

How to make a no-dig vegetable garden - Complete Guide

If you have heard about the no-dig gardening method, you might wonder what it’s all about. That’s why, in this complete guide, we tell you how to make a no-dig vegetable garden. I’m always on the lookout for new ways of gardening, especially methods that are better for the environment. For example, we don’t use … Read more

4 Unusual Tomato Varieties That Look & Taste Incredible!

4 Unusual Tomato Varieties That Look & Taste Incredible!

If you are looking to try something new and different this year, then there is nothing better to experiment with than tomatoes.  In this article, we will tell you why you should try out unusual tomato varieties and which ones to try. Why Try Out Unusual Tomato Varieties? One great thing about growing your own … Read more

How To Grow Your Own Edible Flowers In The UK

How To Grow Your Own Edible Flowers In The UK

Flowers are a joy to look at, but did you know that some of them are edible? Find out how to grow your own edible flowers in the UK. When we think of growing our own food, vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, chillies, courgettes or beans come to mind. But not many people know that you … Read more

How To Grow Spinach In Pots – Step-by-Step Guide

How to grow spinach in pots

Nothing tastes better than fresh young spinach leaves in a summer salad. And Spinach is also very good for you, as it is full of iron, vitamins and fibre.  In this article we will show you how to grow spinach in pots, so you can have homegrown spinach all year round, even if you have … Read more

Doing A Soil Test For Your Vegetable Garden

Doing a soil test for your vegetable garden

We all know that the key to a thriving vegetable garden is great soil. So you have done a soil test for your vegetable garden, right? Chances are, you haven’t. Because most gardeners don’t. That’s why, in this article, I will explain how importing it is to do a soil test for your vegetable garden … Read more

6 Best Veg To Grow In Containers

6 Best Veg To Grow In Containers

Growing in posts is great, if you are short on space, time or experience. This is why I will tell you which are the 6 best veg to grow in containers. If you want to grow your own fruit or veg, but are short on space, then growing in pots is the answer. But there … Read more