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November 22, 2023 1:01 pmLooking for an easy way to set up an instant raised bed garden and help your plants grow better at…
Looking for an easy way to set up an instant raised bed garden and help your plants grow better at…
Imagine a winter veggie garden as full of flowers as it is of vegetables? Broccoli mixed with calendulas, violas bordering…
Baby marrows, also known as courgettes or zucchinis, are the most rewarding plants for the home vegetable gardener to grow.…
Don’t Slow Down Now! TEXT Alice Spenser-Higgs Autumn is a good time to grow vegetables in containers. The milder days…
Like all things miniature, baby cabbages have an appeal all of their own. They don’t take up as much growing…
Ooh, Melons! Known as cantaloupe in much of the world, here the sweet melon is generally referred to as spanspek…
Dilly for Dill With its feathery, blue-green leaves and clusters of yellow flowers in summer, dill (Anethum graveolens) is an…
Pattypan squash (Cucurbita pepo) Pattypans look like little yellow, green or stripy spaceships and, like baby marrows, these bushy squashes…
Bulletproof! That’s how gardeners who grow kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea var. coulorapa) describe this versatile, under-rated vegetable. Along with radishes, it…
Know your onions It’s probably impossible to count the number of savoury recipes that contain onions. Onions (Allium cepa) is…
How to get kids to eat veggies It’s great to grow your own veggies and enjoy the taste of fresh…
Bees help pollinate many fruits and ‘fruiting’ veggies – they’re natural allies! Plant some of these bee-friendly choices in your…
Upside-Down Tomato Planter Home-grown tomatoes always taste better, and to make the most of available space they can even be…
It’s known as a vegetable, produces stalks that are considered a fruit, and it has been known for centuries as…
Grey Water Growing veggies with grey water Grey water is waste water collected from the shower, bath, hand basin and…