How to grow: Strawberries

15th September 2020 Shannon Butcher Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Strawberries are among the easiest and most adaptable fruits we can grow since they are just as happy in a strawberry pot on the patio or a hanging basket as they are in the soil on the veg plot. Yet they are expensive in the shops and once you have tasted a homegrown strawberry you will never want to buy…

Amazing prizes up for grabs in huge November giveaway

14th September 2020 Sam Hewitt Competitions

Here are some exclusive Kitchen Garden giveaways for November – worth a staggering £579! To enter to win these prizes, all you need to do is enter your details in the form at the bottom of the page before the end of Friday, October 30, 2020. Take a break with nature New from the RSPB, the eco-friendly Coffee Break Bird Watch…

How to grow: Rhubarb

14th September 2020 Shannon Butcher News

Rhubarb is probably the easiest of all fruit and veg crops to grow since by and large it can simply be left to produce a harvest of colourful leaf stalks without much help from us. However, the best thick and tasty sticks will have been given just a little attention during the season. Varieties ‘Timperley Early’Is a good one for…

World’s biggest fruit trees flourish in Eden rainforest

10th September 2020 Steve Ott News

A superabundance of stunning fruits and flowers is flourishing as never before in the Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall Among the botanical wonders turning visitors’ heads is a giant jackfruit the size of a rugby ball and soon ready for eating. The high walls of the Biome – once part of a sterile clay quarry – are…

The winning lawn by Andrew Wain of Euridge Manor

Fourth-time lucky Allett Creative Lawn Stripes winner

10th September 2020 Steve Ott News

The quintessentially British striped lawn is idealised across the world and in celebration of this Allett Mowers opened up their annual Allett Creative Lawn Stripes competition internationally. This year’s stiff competition attracted a truly global set of entries in what has been a tough year for everyone going through the coronavirus pandemic. It has meant, however, homeowners around the world…

A mixed organic allotment also provides a home for wildlife

Start the journey to organic gardening in five easy steps

10th September 2020 Steve Ott News

Gardening without harming the environment is a lot easier than you may think says Garden Organic, one of Britain’s leading organic gardening charities Feeding your soil with homemade organic compost, ditching the use of toxic chemicals such as slug pellets, and attracting more wildlife into your garden are the first easy steps. An informative guide produced by national charity, Garden…