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Windy Weather Tips For Your Greenhouse

6th September 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews

A Wind Resistant Greenhouse During Winter Weather Come & see us at Malvern Show, 24th & 25th September Although hurricanes and uncontrollable storms are unlikely in the UK, we do seem to have received our fare share of windy weather this winter! High winds and stormy weather can leave behind a trail of unwanted damage, broken pots and fallen fences…

Keep your crops watered

18th August 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews

with the Click & Drip Watering Kit from Greenhouse Sensation This irrigation system can be fitted directly to your waterbutt directing much needed moisture to your plants. The narrow pipework with holes at 30cm spacings can be woven through your veg beds to keep all your crops well watered. With the water directed to the base of the plants and…

Guide To Choosing Your Greenhouse

4th August 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Advice from the experts on how to choose your new greenhouse A good quality greenhouse will extend the growing season of your plants and allow you to grow a larger variety. There’s now a greenhouse suitable for every garden but, with so many to choose from, how do you decide which one is best for you? Our advice is to…

The walk-in wonderwall

20th May 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews

The Walk-in Wonderwall provides a wall against the elements and garden pests. While, at the same time allowing rain and sunlight to enter. The Walk-in Wonderwall is designed for the garden / allotment growers budget and is ideal for the organic grower. After fighting a losing battle year after year against pigeons, cabbage white butterfly and other garden pests, we…

Northern Polytunnels provides top-of-the-range polytunnel for Manchester foodbank

9th May 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews

Here at North Polytunnels we believe that every community should have the opportunity to grow their own fruit and veg Which is why we jumped at the chance to work with the Lally Centre when we heard about the wonderful work it was doing for its community in Collyhurst, Manchester. The Easy-Build PolytunnelWe wanted to provide the centre’s new allotment…

Edible Garden for Chelsea’s Great Pavilion

17th March 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews

See the totally edible garden being produced by the Miracle-Gro Company at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. According to Vicky Page, the company’s spokesperson, “We are packing the raised beds with an amazing variety of edible flowers, productive fruit trees and a host of different vegetables that will be displayed in tip-top condition.” The Miracle-Gro’wers Urban School Garden will be…

Growing Cucumbers (with Sea Spring Seeds)

11th March 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Cucumbers are as versatile as they are delicious, lending themselves well to pickling, eating raw in salads and even cooking. Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are heat-loving vegetables best adapted to the warmest part of the year. They are members of the Cucurbitaceae family – which also includes pumpkins, courgettes and melons – and their viny plants are grown for the crunchy,…

Growing your own couldn’t be simpler!

4th March 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

NEW Miracle-Gro Gro-ables Seeds Pods makes growing easy! ADVERTISING FEATURE: Why grow your own vegetables? Well, there’s the practical advantage that growing your own vegetables is often cheaper than shop-bought produce, but for most of us the real benefits are far greater than this. Anyone that has had a go at growing their own will tell you about the delicious…

The top 5 tastiest flowers (Yes! You can eat them!)

16th November 2015 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Recipes, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Flowers were first recorded as being used in food in 140 BC, many different cultures since incorporated them into everyday foods. 1. Calendula Calendula flower petals make a tasty addition to summer salads and stir-fries. Sow: March-May thinly direct into finely raked, moist, warm, weed free soil where the plants are to flower 13mm (½”) deep. As the seedlings develop,…