Grow your own

Advice & inspiration

There’s nothing more magical than eating fresh produce straight from the plant.

Herbs are one of the best plants to grow when you have a nice bit of sunshine to enjoy.

Even if you only have a small garden or just a patio, you can still easily grow your own tasty fruit and vegetables.

Interest in ‘Homegrown’ continues to rise and growing your own super tasty and healthy fruit and vegetables at home is...

With the arrival of autumn comes a task that’s the bane of the season for many gardeners.

After a long summer of getting the best out of your lawn, it is time to start preparing it for winter.

With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, this provides a huge amount of space and opportunity to help wildlife...

If your patio looks a little drab and uninteresting after a colourful summer, then plant up your containers with late...

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Growing your own fruit and veg is one of the most rewarding things you can do in the garden.

Most fruits are hardy enough for British gardens although apricot, peach, fig and grape need shelter from extreme...

Ever wondered how tea is produced? Let us take you on the process and hopefully inspire you to grow your own tea.

Allotment gardening is enjoying something of a renaissance. With the Big Allotment Challenge on the TV, celebrity chefs...

Organic gardening is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to expensive, tasteless and out of season fruit and...

Growing and eating kale, or borecole, has never been more popular.

Whether it’s sweet corn or a different variety, corn is one of the world’s most important seed-based crops. It’s a...

Drinking your own homegrown homebrew with friends and family is a fun and rewarding experience, and always a talking...

Broccoli is now an incredibly popular vegetable – probably mainly due to its high vitamin content and its supposed use...

The process for growing peppers is very similar to how you would grow chilli peppers (obviously) and more surprisingly...

A few simple herbs can elevate your cooking, and there’s nothing quite as good as using herbs you’ve grown yourself.

Broad beans are a delicious vegetable that’s easy to grow and well worth the space in the garden. The flowers are highly...