Radishes
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Everything you need to know about winter radishes
Winter radish is a crop that can be sown now and will mature really quickly. Emma Rawlings offers some advice on which ones to grow and how.
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Grow your own: Radish
Radish is one of the easiest vegetables you can grow and one of the fastest to mature. It can be grown between slower crops such as leeks or brassicas making it useful for the small plot where space is limited.
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Growing in containers
So, what’s a container? This depends on what crops you are growing, for example lettuce and salad leaves can be grown in quite shallow containers. A small trough 17cm (7in) deep and 30cm (12in) long would suffice for a few…
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Improve your mood, sow some food
It is difficult right now if you are confined to your home so why not start growing your own food. It’s a great stress-buster In these uncertain times a lot of people are having a strong desire to grow their…
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Sowing Kits
Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks for April. This month the KG team have been looking at sowing kits and more… BEST BUY SEED SOWING STARTER KIT This sowing kit comes with a five litre bag of vermiculite, a…
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Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks
Here are our favourite gardening products for July, chosen for their quality, effectiveness and value for money BEST BUY SALAD PLANTER This salad planter will accommodate 37 litres of compost for growing a wide range of vegetable crops. Feeder mats…
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Video: How to Sow Radish
Learn how to sow radish in this handy video! In this video, you will learn how to go about sowing Radish. Steve gives you all the information you need to know and the best tips for success. For more videos,…
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Celebrate Edible Britain for National Gardening Week 2019
Encouraging everyone to grow-your-own is the theme of this year’s National Gardening Week (29 April–5 May 2019) The nation’s biggest celebration of gardening returns for 2019 from Monday 29 April to Sunday 5 May 2019 as the Royal Horticultural Society…
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Pea shoot, lettuce and Cheshire cheese salad
Want something quick and tasty? Try this delicious home-grown early season salad Pea shoots and other microgreens can give you a harvest in less time than it takes for outdoor crops to germinate. Add an overwintered lettuce and you have…
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Companion Planting
Top tips for growing complementary seasonal produce from The Greenhouse People There’s nothing better than growing your own organic fruit and veg. National Allotments Week (14 – 20th August) seems like the perfect time to look at the ways we…
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Getting the best from your vegetables
Feed, water, harvest bumper crops. Growing vegetables in your garden is so rewarding, but only if you give them what they need while they are growing. Even if your soil is fertile, growing and harvesting vegetables takes nutrients from the…
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Grow Your Own with a Raised Bed Planter
Practically any vegetable and soft fruit can be grown in a raised bed. The popularity of raised beds and deep root planters has surged in recent years. It’s little wonder why, as they boast a series of advantages over growing…
