Tips and Advice
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6 easy ways to protect your garden during a heatwave
Extreme heat can be a challenge for your garden, but with these top tips you can protect your plants with ease.
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The 10 easy things you can do for success sowing in spring
Here are a few simple ideas to help you when starting seeds in pots and trays.
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Preparing for Spring: How to Plan Ahead Now For a Great Growing Season
Use the colder months to your advantage with these simple steps to planning ahead and getting prepared for a great 2026 growing season.
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Too many tomatoes? 4 ways to use and preserve tomatoes and prevent waste
You’ve spent the summer growing tomatoes and suddenly they’re all ready at once! What can you do to stop them from going to waste? Benedict Vanheems shares some ideas.
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Tomatoes not ripening? Here’s how to help them along
Do your tomatoes have a habit of remaining stubbornly green? Benedict Vanheems has some top tips to ripen our favourite summer staples!
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Square Foot Gardening: the easy method to turn one bed into loads of crops!
If you’re growing on a small scale, want a variety of crops and don’t want to grow more than you can eat, this simple, space-saving method could be the answer you’re looking for!
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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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What kind of twine should I use for gardening?
Good garden twine is an important accessory which can be used for all sorts of tasks. But with different options available, what is the best gardening twine?
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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.
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Top tips for transitioning your garden from autumn to winter
Emma O’Neill, head gardener at horticultural charity Garden Organic, shares her top tips for what needs to be done in the garden as autumn turns to winter
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Planting fruit
Catalogues offer you tree and soft fruit grown in two different ways. Fruit growers who also supply gardeners will usually grow their plants in the field planted directly into the nursery soil.
