Features
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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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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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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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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.
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The Joy of Growing Your Own Carrots
There’s something special about plucking a fresh carrot straight from the earth and tasting its crisp, sweet flavour – a taste that only comes from homegrown goodness. Whether you have a sprawling garden or a small allotment, growing your own…
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The veg-growing army battling to protect food security
All over the UK a brigade of gardeners is helping to grow and preserve historic vegetable varieties to conserve their future – and ours. Concerned about the growth of industrial monocrops, and in the face of climate change and emerging…
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Book of the Week: Enjoying Birdwatching in Lancashire and Cumbria
This week’s book pick is Enjoying Birdwatching in Lancashire and Cumbria by David Hindle.
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Go Green on Blue Monday: 5 things to do in nature today
Whether its a walk or some gardening, we believe that the best way to combat the blues is to go green.
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How to make your own peat-free potting compost
Emma Rawlings looks at some ingredients and recipes for making your own peat-free potting compost, both for seeds and potting on.
