Best Pea Varieties for UK Gardens
The best pea varieties for UK gardens, from early and maincrop shelling peas to mangetout and sugar snaps, plus a simple plan for months of picking.
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Best Runner Bean Varieties for UK Gardens
The best runner bean varieties for UK gardens, from Firestorm for reliable pods in hot summers to stringless, long-podded, pot-sized and drying beans.
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Best Lettuce Varieties for UK Gardens
The best lettuce varieties for UK gardens, picked by job, from Little Gem for pots to slow-bolting summer types and hardy winter lettuces.
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Best Carrot Varieties for UK Gardens
The best carrot varieties for UK gardens, matched to the job: pots, heavy clay, sweet raw carrots, carrot fly resistance and winter storage.
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Welsh Onions: The Onion You Plant Once
Welsh onions are perennial bunching onions you cut again and again. How to sow, harvest, divide and feed a clump that crops for years, even in winter.
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Hugelkultur in the UK: Where It Actually Fails
Does hugelkultur work in the UK? Where a log-cored raised bed helps, why it struggles on wet clay, which wood to use and how to build one above ground.
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TomTato: Does the Two-Crop Plant Work?
The TomTato grafts a tomato onto a potato. Find out if it really gives two crops, how to grow one in a pot, and who should buy one in the UK.
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Autumn Onion Sets for an Early Crop
How to plant autumn onion sets in the UK for a June harvest: the best overwintering varieties, when and how to plant, winter care and avoiding bolting.
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When to Stop Picking Rhubarb and Why
When to stop picking rhubarb in the UK: finish by the end of June so the crown can build up strength for next spring, plus how to pick it properly.
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Grafted Vegetable Plants: Are They Worth It?
Grafted vegetable plants explained: which tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and cucumbers are worth buying grafted in the UK, and how to plant them properly.
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How to Grow Cabbage: Spring to Winter
How to grow cabbage all year in the UK: when to sow spring, summer, savoy and red types, how to plant them firm, keep pests off and cut heads.
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Spring Cabbage: Sow in Summer, Cut in March
How to grow spring cabbage in the UK. Sow in July or August, plant out firmly in autumn, net against pigeons and cut spring greens from March.
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Wild Carrot: Grow Queen Anne's Lace in the UK
How to grow native wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace) in the UK: sowing, poor sunny soil, wildlife value, self-seeding and telling it from poison hemlock.
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Grow Potatoes in Buckets and Containers
How to grow potatoes in buckets on a UK patio or balcony, from drilling drainage holes and chitting to earthing up, watering and tipping out the crop.
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Free Tomato Plants From Sideshoot Cuttings
Turn pinched-out tomato sideshoots into free plants. Root them in a jar of water or compost in about two weeks, and take them by mid-July to get fruit.
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Jar Grown Sprouts: A UK Windowsill Guide
Grow alfalfa, mung bean and lentil sprouts in a jar on your windowsill, with a simple day-by-day rinsing routine and clear food safety tips.
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Stop Onions Bolting: UK Prevention Guide
Why onions bolt in UK gardens and how to stop it: small sets, sensible planting dates, bolt-resistant varieties and what to do when a flower stalk appears.
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Vegetables to Grow Indoors in Winter
The best vegetables to grow indoors in a UK winter: microgreens, pea shoots, sprouts, salad leaves and herbs that crop on a sill from November to February.
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How to Grow Yacon in the UK
How to grow yacon in the UK: start crowns indoors, plant out after frost, lift in autumn, cure the tubers for sweetness and save the crowns for next year.
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Autumn Sowing Sweet Peas for Earlier Flowers
How to sow sweet peas in autumn in the UK: October sowing in deep pots, keeping seedlings alive in a cold frame all winter, and earlier summer flowers.
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Grow Quinoa in the UK: Sowing to Saponin Rinse
How to grow quinoa in the UK: choosing a variety that ripens here, sowing in spring, harvesting in September, threshing, winnowing and rinsing the grain.
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Seed Tapes: How to Use Them and Make Your Own
Seed tapes make sowing tiny seeds like carrots easy. How to sow them, how to make your own with loo roll and flour paste, and which crops are worth taping.
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Biennial Bearing: Why Fruit Trees Skip a Year
Apple tree cropping heavily one year and barely the next? That's biennial bearing. Here's why it happens and how to break the cycle by thinning.
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How to Grow Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Grow purple sprouting broccoli for the hungry gap. Sow in April or May, plant 60cm apart in firm soil, protect it over winter and pick spears in spring.
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How to Grow Long Parsnips for Show
Grow long show parsnips with the bore-hole method: a sieved stone-free mix, early sowing with fresh seed, even watering and a careful lift.
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How to Grow Pot Leeks for Show
Grow pot leeks for show: raise prize strains from flower-head plantlets, feed hard, blanch with collars, then dress and stage short, thick barrels.
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How to Grow Trench Celery for Show
Grow trench celery for the show bench: sowing without bolting, preparing the trench, collaring, earthing up to blanch, and dressing a matched set.
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Growing Vegetables in Hanging Baskets
Growing vegetables in hanging baskets: the best crops, basket size, compost, daily watering, feeding and safe fixing for a UK wall, porch or balcony.
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Small Veg Garden Layout: 5 Plans That Fit
Small vegetable garden layout ideas for UK back gardens. Five simple plans, the right bed and path widths, and the best crops to grow when space is tight.
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Which Vegetables Need a Trellis?
Which vegetables need a trellis or support in a UK veg patch, which don't, the best support for each crop, and why it should go in before you sow.
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Best Companion Flowers for UK Veg Beds
Companion flowers for vegetables: which flowers to grow with which crops, from nasturtiums and calendula to marigolds, and what each one really does.
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Dwarf French Beans: Easy Crops Without Canes
How to grow dwarf French beans in UK gardens and pots: no canes needed, when to sow, spacing, easy varieties, picking little and often and freezing.
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Tomato Growing Tips for a Bigger Harvest
Tomato growing tips to get more fruit from each UK plant. Deep planting, high-potash feeding, steady watering, de-leafing and stopping at the right truss.
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Spinach All Year: UK Succession Sowing
How to grow spinach all year in the UK. Succession sow true spinach in spring and autumn, then fill the gaps with perpetual and New Zealand spinach.
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Drought-Tolerant Vegetables for Dry UK Summers
Drought-tolerant vegetables for dry UK summers: the crops that cope best, the ones that dodge the heat, and simple mulching and watering tips.
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Edible Garden Weeds: 10 You Can Eat
Edible garden weeds you can eat: how to identify 10 common UK weeds such as dandelion, nettle and chickweed, their lookalikes and how to cook them.
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Exhibition Runner Beans: Long, Straight Pods
How to grow exhibition runner beans for a UK show: Stenner, Enorma and Liberty, sowing for your show date, growing straight pods, picking and staging.
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Show Stump Carrots: Grow a Matched Set
How to grow stump-rooted carrots for show: varieties, sand-filled drums, carrot fly cover, sowing dates, lifting, washing and staging a matched set.
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Exhibition Peas: Grow Long Pods for the Show
How to grow exhibition peas for a UK veg show: long-podded varieties, sowing for your show date, training on canes, picking and staging a matched dish.
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Grow Edamame in the UK: A Greenhouse Crop
How to grow edamame soya beans in the UK: early varieties, sowing in April, inoculant, growing under cover, when to pick and how to cook the pods.
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Grow Wasabi UK: Real Wasabi in 18 Months
How to grow real wasabi in the UK: cool shade, constant moisture, pots, beds or flowing water, eating the leaves and lifting the rhizome after 18 months.
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How to Grow Long Carrots for Show
Grow long carrots for show: bore deep holes, fill with a fine stone-free mix, sow in spring, beat carrot fly, then lift and wash without snapping the tip.
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Exhibition Onions: Grow Show Bulbs From Seed
How to grow exhibition onions for the show bench: Kelsae and other varieties, sowing under heat in winter, feeding, lifting, drying and staging.
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4-Year Crop Rotation: What to Grow in Each Bed
A 4-year crop rotation for UK allotments, bed by bed: what to sow in the legume, brassica, root and potato beds, and how to move them on each winter.
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Growing Indian Spices in the UK: What Works
Which Indian and Eastern spices you can grow in the UK, from coriander and methi to chillies, turmeric, ginger and curry leaf, and which ones won't crop.
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Show Potatoes: Grow a Prize-Winning Set
How to grow show potatoes in the UK. The best show varieties, growing in sieved compost, timing the harvest and picking a perfectly matched set.
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Best Vegetables to Grow in Pots
The best vegetables to grow in pots in the UK, crop by crop, with the pot size each needs, compact varieties to buy and the crops to leave in the ground.
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Growing Comfrey: Plant Once, Feed Your Garden
How to grow comfrey in a UK garden: why Bocking 14 is the one to plant, where to put it, when to cut it and the best ways to use the leaves.
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Growing Almonds in the UK: Can You Get a Crop?
Can you grow almonds in the UK? Yes, with a warm wall and frost cover. The best varieties, pollination, peach leaf curl, pruning and harvesting the nuts.
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Calabrese: Summer-Long Heads and Side Shoots
Calabrese growing in the UK: sow little and often from March to July, net against pests, cut the main head right and pick side shoots for weeks.
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How to Grow Landcress: Peppery Winter Salad
How to grow landcress in the UK: a hardy, peppery watercress lookalike for normal soil. When to sow, spacing, picking through winter and stopping bolting.
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Best Vegetables to Grow in Shade
The best vegetables to grow in shade in UK gardens: leafy crops, herbs and fruit that cope with 3-4 hours of sun, plus the crops to keep for sunnier spots.
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Best Pear Tree Varieties for UK Gardens
The best pear varieties for UK gardens, from reliable Conference to buttery Comice, with easy pollination pairs, picking months and picks for small spaces.
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Giant Vegetables: How UK Growers Break Records
How UK giant vegetable growers raise record pumpkins, onions, leeks and carrots, where to see them in autumn, and which giant class to try first.
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Best Onion Varieties to Grow From Sets or Seed
The best onion varieties for UK gardens, compared by sets or seed: top keepers, reliable reds, big seed-grown onions and hardy autumn-planted types.
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Show Growing: Win at Your Village Veg Show
Fancy entering your local veg show? How to pick show crops, grow them well, time the harvest and stage a tidy plate the judges will love.
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How to Grow Borlotti Beans in the UK
Grow borlotti beans in the UK for fresh beans in summer and dried ones for winter. Varieties, sowing, supports, picking, drying and storing.
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Corn Salad: Winter Salad That Survives Frost
How to grow corn salad (lamb's lettuce) in the UK: when to sow, easy varieties, growing in shade or pots, picking all winter and letting it self-seed.
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Mangetout and Sugar Snaps: Sow to Harvest
How to grow mangetout and sugar snap peas in the UK: the difference, best varieties, when to sow, supports, dodging pea moth and picking tips.
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Perennial Veg: Plant Once, Pick for Years
Meet 14 perennial vegetables for UK gardens, from asparagus and rhubarb to sea kale and sorrel, that come back every year for less work.
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How to Grow Salsify and Scorzonera
How to grow salsify and scorzonera in the UK: deep stone-free soil, April sowing, lifting roots in winter, spring chards and simple ways to cook them.
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How to Grow Sorrel in the UK
How to grow sorrel in the UK: common vs French sorrel, sowing, growing in shade, stopping it bolting, picking the lemony leaves and cooking with them.
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How to Grow Cucamelon in the UK
Grow cucamelons (mouse melons) in a UK garden: sowing, plant supports, when to pick, quick pickles, saving the tubers and good companion plants.
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How to Grow Peach Trees in the UK
Grow juicy peaches in the UK on a sunny wall or in a pot. Picking a variety, fan training, beating leaf curl, hand pollinating, pruning and picking.
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How to Grow Tomatillo in the UK
How to grow tomatillos in the UK, with easy tips on sowing, why you need two plants, greenhouse growing, picking when the husk splits and salsa verde.
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Dwarf Vegetables for Small Spaces
The best dwarf vegetables for pots, window boxes and balconies: compact tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, beans and salads, with pot sizes and sowing times.
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Forcing Rhubarb, Chicory and Seakale
How to force rhubarb, chicory and seakale in the dark for early, tender winter and spring crops, plus quick ways to give potatoes and salads a head start.
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How to Grow Romanesco in the UK
How to grow romanesco in the UK, from sowing indoors and planting out firmly to feeding, netting against caterpillars and cutting the spiral heads.
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How to Grow Endive in the UK
A friendly guide to growing endive in the UK. Sow curly frisée or escarole, blanch the hearts for a milder taste, and pick salads into winter.
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How to Grow Marrow in the UK
How to grow marrows in the UK, from sowing in April to storing them for winter. Easy tips on spacing, feeding, pollination and show marrows.
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How to Grow Shallots in the UK
How to grow shallots in the UK from sets or seed: the best varieties, when and how to plant, plus easy harvesting, drying and storing tips.
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Best Potato Varieties for UK Gardens
The best potato varieties for UK gardens: first earlies, second earlies and maincrops, plus when to plant, how to chit and which ones shrug off blight.
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How to Grow Sweet Peppers in the UK
How to grow sweet peppers from seed in the UK, with friendly tips on easy varieties, sowing in warmth, greenhouse care, feeding and colouring up.
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How to Grow Wild Garlic in the UK
How to grow wild garlic in a shady UK garden: planting bulbs in autumn, sowing seed, telling it apart from lookalikes, picking leaves and cooking with it.
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Hungry Gap: What to Grow in Spring
Fill the spring hungry gap with fresh veg. The best UK crops to pick from March to May, and when to sow them so they're ready in time.
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Sprouts or Microgreens? A Windowsill Guide
Sprouts or microgreens: which should you grow on your windowsill? How they differ, the easiest seeds for each, and how to keep both going all year.
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How to Grow Garlic Chives in the UK
How to grow garlic chives in UK gardens and pots, from sowing and dividing clumps to picking the leaves and tasty white flowers and stopping self-seeding.
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How to Grow Globe Artichokes in the UK
How to grow globe artichokes in UK gardens, from seed or offsets, with the best varieties, soil, picking the buds and keeping plants safe over winter.
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How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes UK
How to grow Jerusalem artichokes in the UK: when to plant tubers, how to stop them spreading, and how to dig them fresh all winter.
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How to Grow Okra in a UK Greenhouse
How to grow okra in a UK greenhouse: soaking and sowing the seed in warmth, planting out, helping the flowers set pods and picking them young.
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How to Grow Pak Choi and Asian Greens
How to grow pak choi, mizuna, tatsoi and other Asian greens in the UK: when to sow, stopping bolting, pots, greenhouse crops and picking all year.
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How to Grow Rocket in the UK
How to grow peppery rocket in the UK, from salad and wild types to sowing little and often, stopping it bolting, beating flea beetle and picking.
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How to Grow Swiss Chard in the UK
How to grow colourful Swiss chard in a UK garden, with easy tips on varieties, when to sow, picking little and often, pots and getting it through winter.
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Growing Wedding Flowers in Your Garden
Grow your own wedding flowers in a UK garden: what to grow for each month, when to start, how to plan a cutting patch and keep stems fresh on the day.
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How to Grow Horseradish (and Keep It Contained)
How to grow horseradish in UK gardens: plant root cuttings in spring, keep it from spreading, lift roots in autumn and make fiery fresh sauce.
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How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in the UK
How to grow sweet potatoes in a UK garden, with easy tips on good varieties, starting slips indoors, planting out in June, harvesting and curing.
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Multi-Sowing Vegetables: UK Guide
Save time and space by sowing a pinch of seeds in each module and planting out the whole clump. Which veg to multi-sow, how many seeds and when.
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Best Garlic Varieties to Grow in the UK
The best garlic varieties to grow in the UK: long-keeping softnecks, flavourful hardnecks, early and spring-planting types, and which to choose.
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How to Grow Celery in the UK
How to grow celery in UK gardens for crisp stems. Surface-sow in spring, plant self-blanching types in a block, keep them watered and avoid leaf spot.
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How to Grow French Beans in the UK
How to grow French beans in UK gardens, with easy sowing dates, dwarf and climbing varieties, simple supports, regular sowing and picking tips.
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How to Grow Chicory and Radicchio in the UK
Grow chicory and radicchio in the UK: the best types, the summer sowing window, forcing chicons in the dark, and fresh leaves right through winter.
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Unusual Crops to Grow in the UK
Fancy something different? Twenty unusual crops for UK gardens, from oca and yacon to cape gooseberries and shiso, with easy sowing and picking tips.
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Blight-Resistant Tomatoes for Outdoor Growing
The best blight-resistant tomato varieties for growing outdoors in the UK, from Crimson Crush to bush cherries for pots, plus how to keep blight at bay.
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Best Tomato Varieties to Grow in the UK
The best tomatoes to grow in the UK, from sweet Sungold cherries to big beefsteaks and blight-resistant outdoor types, with when to sow each.
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Growing Vegetables on a Windowsill UK
Grow herbs, salad, chillies, radishes and microgreens on a UK windowsill: which window works best, the right pots, and how to keep going in winter.
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Grow Winter Salad Leaves in the UK
Pick fresh salad leaves all winter. Which hardy leaves to grow, when to sow, how to use a cold frame or greenhouse, and how to keep picking.
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Sprouts and Shoots: Pea, Sunflower and Mung Bean
Grow the three easiest sprouts and shoots at home in the UK. Mung bean sprouts in a jar, plus pea and sunflower shoots in a windowsill tray.
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How to Grow Carrots in the UK
Grow carrots in the UK: the best varieties, when and how to sow, keeping carrot fly away, growing in pots, and storing your crop over winter.
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How to Grow Cucumbers in the UK
How to grow cucumbers in the UK, in a greenhouse or outdoors: the best varieties, sowing, training, feeding, watering and fixing common problems.
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How to Grow Potatoes in the UK
Grow potatoes in a UK veg bed or allotment, from choosing seed potatoes and chitting to planting, earthing up, beating blight, lifting and storing.
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Cloches and Low Tunnels: UK Guide
How to use cloches and low tunnels to sow earlier and pick later. Easy builds, the best crops to cover and a simple month-by-month plan.
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Easy Recipes with Home-Grown Vegetables
Easy recipes for home-grown vegetables, season by season: pea soup, courgette fritters, roast roots and leek soup, all quick and made from the plot.
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How to Grow Brussels Sprouts in the UK
Grow Brussels sprouts in UK gardens: good varieties, when to sow, planting firmly, staking, netting against pigeons and picking after frost.
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Easy Vegetables for Kids to Grow
Easy vegetables for kids to grow in the UK: fast, fun crops like cress, radishes, peas and potatoes, with sowing times and tips to keep children keen.
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Growing Tomatoes in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
Grow your first tomatoes in a British garden or greenhouse: when to sow, easy varieties, feeding, watering, pinching out and fixing common problems.
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How to Grow Onions in the UK
How to grow onions in UK gardens: sets or seed, good varieties, when and how to plant, weeding, harvesting, drying and storing your crop for winter.
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When to Plant Tomatoes in the UK
When to sow and plant tomatoes in the UK, with simple timings for greenhouse and outdoor crops, hardening off and what to do if you start late.
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When to Sow and Plant Sweet Peas in the UK
When to sow sweet peas in the UK and when to plant them out. Compare autumn, winter and spring sowing, with a month-by-month calendar to follow.
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How to Grow Microgreens in the UK
How to grow microgreens on a UK windowsill: the easiest seeds to start with, a simple step-by-step method, and how to keep fresh greens coming.
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Crop Rotation Planner for UK Gardens
A simple crop rotation plan for UK veg beds and allotments: four-bed and three-bed systems, which crops go together, green manures and keeping notes.
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How to Freeze Garden Produce
How to freeze your garden fruit and veg so it tastes fresh months later, with blanching times, the open-tray trick, syrup packs and storage tips.
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How to Grow Peas in the UK
Grow sweet peas for the pot in a UK garden. When to sow, the best varieties, simple supports, dodging pea moth, picking at the right time and saving seed.
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What to Plant in August in the UK
What to sow and plant in August, from quick salads and pak choi to spring cabbage, winter onions and new strawberry plants from runners.
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Square Foot Gardening UK Guide
How to start square foot gardening in the UK. Build a small grid bed, fill it with a peat-free mix and grow loads of veg in a tiny space.
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How to Grow Pumpkins and Squash in the UK
How to grow pumpkins and squash in the UK: sowing indoors, planting out after frost, hand pollinating, feeding, then curing and storing for winter.
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How to Grow Lettuce and Salad Leaves in the UK
How to grow lettuce and salad leaves in the UK: easy varieties, little-and-often sowing, cut-and-come-again picking, beating slugs and winter salads.
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How to Grow Spinach in the UK
How to grow spinach in the UK: true, perpetual and New Zealand spinach, when to sow, how to stop bolting, picking, winter crops and pots.
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Green Manures: UK Cover Crops Guide
Which green manures to sow, when to sow them and how to dig them in or chop and drop, so your empty beds feed the soil instead of washing away.
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How to Start an Allotment: Your First Year
How to start an allotment in the UK: what to do when you get the keys, tools to buy, clearing and planning the plot, and a month-by-month first-year plan.
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How to Grow Celeriac in the UK
Grow celeriac in the UK: sowing early indoors, planting out after frost, steady watering for smooth roots, trimming side shoots and winter storage.
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Do You Need a Greenhouse? Crops That Need Glass
Do you need a greenhouse? See which UK crops truly need glass, which grow fine outdoors, and the cheaper cover that might do the job instead.
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How to Grow Chilli Peppers in the UK
Grow chillies in the UK from seed: picking varieties by heat, sowing early with bottom heat, feeding, ripening, overwintering and drying your crop.
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Grow Your Own Vegetables: UK Guide
New to growing veg? What to grow first, where to put it, when to sow and plant in the UK, plus an easy planting chart and the mistakes to dodge.
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How to Grow Rhubarb in the UK
How to grow rhubarb in the UK, from planting crowns and the first-year wait to pulling stems, forcing early pink rhubarb and dividing old plants.
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How to Grow Turnips and Swede in the UK
How to grow turnips and swede in the UK. Quick turnips from spring to late summer, swede sown in May or June for winter, plus pests and storing.
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What to Plant in November: Garlic to Bare Roots
What to plant in November in the UK. Garlic, autumn broad beans, tulips and wallflowers, plus the start of bare-root fruit tree, rose and hedge season.
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What to Plant in July in the UK
What to sow and plant in July in UK gardens, from winter veg and quick salads to biennial flowers, fruit jobs and keeping on top of the harvest.
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Best Greenhouse Tomato Varieties UK
The best tomato varieties for UK greenhouses, heated or unheated: sweet cherries, reliable Shirley, plum and beefsteak types, plus care under glass.
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When to Plant Potatoes in the UK
When to plant potatoes in the UK, from chitting in late winter to first earlies in March, maincrops in April and a Christmas crop in summer.
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How to Preserve Fruit and Vegetables
Too much from the garden? Easy ways to keep fruit and veg for months, from freezing and bottling to drying, salting and fruit leather, done safely.
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Container Vegetable Gardening UK
How to grow vegetables in pots on a UK patio, balcony or doorstep: the best crops, pot sizes, compost, watering and feeding, plus a simple six-pot plan.
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Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners
Build and plant your first raised bed: the right size, what wood to use, the soil mix, easy crops, simple rotation and a month-by-month plan.
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Garden to Table: Grow What You Love to Eat
Plan a garden to table plot around the meals you cook. Which crops to grow, how to pick at their best and how to keep food coming all year in the UK.
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How to Grow Broad Beans in the UK
Grow broad beans in the UK: sow in autumn or spring, pick good varieties, pinch out tips to beat blackfly, and harvest young for the best beans.
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What to Plant in October: Bulbs, Sets and Beans
What to plant in October in the UK. Garlic, autumn onion sets, broad beans, spring bulbs, tulips and wallflowers, plus the start of bare-root fruit season.
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Succession Planting Guide for the UK
Sow little and often for veg from spring to autumn. Which crops to sow every few weeks, how often, and a simple month-by-month UK plan.
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What to Plant in April in the UK
April is a busy month! Here's what veg, flowers, herbs and fruit to sow and plant now, what to start indoors, and what needs to wait until May.
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How to Grow Runner Beans in the UK
How to grow runner beans in the UK, with good varieties, sowing indoors and out, building a sturdy bean frame, watering for pods and picking often.
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When to Plant Broad Beans: Autumn or Spring?
When to plant broad beans in the UK. Autumn and spring sowing windows, the right variety for each, regional timings and when each sowing will crop.
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Allotment for Beginners
A friendly beginner's guide to your first UK allotment: clearing the plot, feeding the soil, easy crops, crop rotation and keeping on top of it.
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Companion Planting Guide UK
A friendly guide to companion planting in UK gardens. The best plant pairings, which ones to keep apart, and an easy chart for your veg plot.
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How to Grow Fruit Trees in the UK
How to grow apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees in UK gardens, with simple advice on rootstocks, planting, pruning and the easiest varieties.
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Best Vegetables to Grow at Home UK
The best vegetables to grow at home in the UK, from easy beginner crops to big croppers and pot-friendly veg, plus a simple first-season plan.
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How to Grow Radishes in the UK
How to grow crunchy radishes in the UK, from sowing every few weeks and thinning to growing them in pots and storing winter radishes.
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What to Plant in May in the UK
What to sow and plant in May in UK gardens, from planting out tomatoes and courgettes to sowing beans, bedding plants and hanging baskets.
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How to Store Apples and Pears at Home
How to store home-grown apples and pears so they last into spring: when to pick, which varieties keep, the right spot and how to ripen pears.
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How to Grow Courgettes in the UK
Grow courgettes the easy way: when to sow, planting out, watering, feeding, helping pollination, picking little and often and beating mildew.
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What to Harvest This Month UK
What's ready to pick this month? A friendly month-by-month UK harvest calendar for veg, fruit and herbs, with easy signs that each crop is ready.
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How to Grow Parsnips in the UK
Grow sweet parsnips in the UK with fresh seed, deep stone-free soil and a bit of patience. Sowing, canker, frost and winter harvesting made easy.
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Best Greenhouse Plants Month by Month
What to sow, grow and pick in your greenhouse every month of the year, from forced rhubarb in January to winter salads at Christmas.
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Chutney Recipes from the Garden
Six easy chutney recipes for garden gluts: green tomato, apple, runner bean, courgette, plum and beetroot, plus how to pot, store and gift them.
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UK Vegetable Planting Calendar
A friendly month-by-month vegetable planting calendar for UK gardens: when to sow, plant out and harvest 29 favourite crops, with tips for the north.
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How to Grow Spring Onions in the UK
How to grow spring onions in the UK: the best varieties, sowing little and often, overwintering, pots and windowsills, and when to pull them.
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Growing in Grow Bags UK
How to grow tomatoes, peppers, salad and more in grow bags on a UK patio or balcony: setting up, best crops, watering, feeding and reusing bags.
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How to Grow Asparagus in the UK
How to grow asparagus in the UK: the best varieties, planting crowns, when to start cutting, and simple care for a bed that crops for years.
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How to Grow Leeks in the UK
How to grow leeks in the UK: sow in modules, drop them into deep dibber holes, earth up for long white stems and dig them all winter.
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What to Plant in January: First Sowings
What to plant in January in the UK. The first indoor sowings (chillies, aubergines, onions, sweet peas), plus bare-root trees, garlic and chitting.
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When to Plant Garlic: The UK Timing Guide
When to plant garlic in the UK, region by region. The best autumn window, how late you can leave it, spring planting and what to do if you miss it.
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How to Grow Garlic in the UK
How to grow garlic in UK gardens, from choosing softneck or hardneck types and planting in autumn to lifting, drying and storing your bulbs.
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Pickling and Fermenting Garden Produce
A friendly UK guide to pickling and fermenting your home-grown veg, with easy recipes, simple salt ratios, the kit you need and how to store jars.
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What to Plant in February: Early Starts
What to plant in February in the UK. Tomatoes and peppers indoors, broad beans and peas under cloches, chitting potatoes and snowdrops in the green.
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How to Grow Sweetcorn in the UK
How to grow sweetcorn in the UK, with easy tips on good varieties, sowing indoors, planting in blocks, watering and picking cobs at their sweetest.
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What to Plant in March in the UK
What to sow and plant in March in UK gardens, from tomatoes on the windowsill to broad beans, onion sets, first early potatoes and flowers.
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Greenhouse Growing Calendar UK
Your month-by-month UK greenhouse calendar: what to sow, what to grow, which jobs to do and what to pick under glass from January to December.
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How to Grow Pear Trees in the UK
Grow pear trees in a UK garden with easy advice on rootstocks, varieties, planting, pollination partners, pruning and picking pears at just the right time.
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How to Train Fruit Trees: Espalier
Grow apples and pears flat against a wall or fence. A friendly UK guide to espalier, fan, cordon and step-over trees, wires and pruning.
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How to Grow Beetroot in the UK
How to grow beetroot in UK gardens: easy varieties, when to sow, thinning, little-and-often sowing, harvesting, storing and eating the leaves.
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How to Grow Kale in the UK
How to grow kale in the UK: the best varieties, when to sow, how to keep pigeons and caterpillars off, and how to pick leaves all winter.
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How to Grow Cauliflower in the UK
Grow cauliflower in the UK: which types to sow when, firm rich soil, steady watering to avoid tiny heads, keeping curds white, and dodging clubroot.
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How to Grow Aubergines in the UK
How to grow aubergines in the UK from seed: easy varieties, sowing with warmth, greenhouse and pot growing, feeding, and when to pick them.
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How to Grow Broccoli and Calabrese in the UK
Grow broccoli and calabrese in UK gardens: pick varieties, sow and plant firmly, net against pigeons and butterflies, and keep picking side shoots.
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Seed Sowing Calendar UK
What to sow each month in a UK garden, from January chillies to October garlic. Vegetables, flowers and herbs, indoors and out.
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