How To Grow Archives - Kitchen Garden

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…

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…

How to grow: Raspberries

9th September 2020 Shannon Butcher Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Raspberries are a mainstay of the fruit garden and no patch is complete without them. Apart from their great taste and easy-going nature which makes them so easy to grow, they are heavy cropping and versatile in the kitchen. They love moisture and will grow well against a shady wall, but are not good in a very hot, sunny position…

How to grow: Plums

18th August 2020 Shannon Butcher Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Plums are addictive. Just plant a tree in your garden, wait for it to become heavily laden with ripe juicy fruit, as it surely will, and try to resist eating one, then another, then another… Apart from the wonderful juicy crop, plums have the advantage of needing very little care; when it comes to pruning, for example, the message is,…

How to grow: Pears

18th August 2020 Shannon Butcher Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Pears are a very popular fruit in our supermarkets, but not the easiest to grow well in our gardens. This is for two main reasons – firstly, like plums they happen to flower when frosts are still common and the entire crop can be wiped out by a few cold nights. Secondly, depending on the variety, there is often a…

How to grow: Peaches

5th August 2020 Shannon Butcher Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Although peaches can certainly be grown outdoors in milder or more sheltered areas of the UK, their success is really reliant on the season. Get a mild year and peaches can crop very well, but in a cold, wet season you can expect very small crops. The closely related nectarines with their smooth skins are even less reliable and ideally…