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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Almost any vegetable you can buy seed for can be grown in the garden or on the patio. Just follow the instructions for...

Growing aubergines (or ‘eggplants’) is now more popular than ever, thanks mainly to better varieties more suited to the...

There’s more to mint than just growing it to make mint sauce!

With hundreds of different varieties and types to choose from growing your own vegetables can be hugely rewarding. But...

Believe it or not, it is now possible to grow your own edible mushrooms quite easily at home. And, no, you don’t need a...

Growing vegetables in raised beds is one of the simplest ways to make a vegetable garden. With their neat geometric...

Dill is a useful ad attractive annual or biennial herb which is quite similar to fennel.

Watercress is a delicious salad crop, which is full of minerals and nutrients, and has a sharp, peppery, slightly tangy...

You may have never considered growing melons before – thinking they’re too ‘tropical’ for the UK climate. Although they...

Marrows and squashes are versatile vegetables - they can be roasted, steamed or stuffed - and provide a flavourful...

Here is our guide on how to grow your own broad beans.

Thyme has many uses in cooking and elsewhere in the kitchen.