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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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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What to Do in the Garden in March: Soil First
What to do in the garden in March, led by your soil rather than the calendar. When to sow, the first lawn cut, pruning roses and hydrangeas, and slugs.
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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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What to Do in the Garden in April: Priorities
What to do in the garden in April, in order of priority. The jobs that can't wait, frost timing by region, hardening off and an easy two-weekend 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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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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What to Plant in June: Sow Now, Eat in Winter
What to plant in June in the UK. Keep salads, beans and roots coming, sow kale and broccoli for winter, and start next spring's biennial flowers.
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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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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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What to Plant in September: Bulbs and Salads
What to plant in September in the UK. Daffodils and crocuses, onion sets, winter salads, spring cabbage, strawberries, green manures and grass seed.
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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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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 December: Bare Roots and More
What to plant in December in the UK, from bare-root roses, fruit trees and hedging to late tulips, garlic, forced rhubarb and windowsill greens.
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Ellen Willmott: 5 Warley Place lessons
Explore Ellen Willmott's Warley Place through five practical garden lessons, with seasonal planting advice and a simple small-border plan.
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How to Grow Gaillardia: Months of Flower
How to grow gaillardia, the blanket flower: full sun, sharp drainage and regular deadheading keep this short-lived perennial flowering from June to frost.
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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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Gaura: Months of Butterfly-Like Flowers
How to grow gaura in UK gardens: the best white and pink varieties, sun and drainage, the mid-summer trim, winter care, pots and cuttings.
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Grow Scabious for Months of Cut Flowers
How to grow scabious in the UK for cutting: which types to choose, sowing, sun and drainage, and the deadheading habit that keeps flowers coming to autumn.
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RSPB Bird Feeding Rules: What to Do Now
The new RSPB bird feeding advice explained: the May to October seed pause, why bird tables are out, weekly cleaning and what to do in your garden now.
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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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Window Box Plants: 4-Season UK Colour
The best window box plants for every season: spring, summer, autumn and winter plans for a 60cm box, plus picks for sunny and shady windows.
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Lunar Gardening: Does Planting by the Moon Work?
Lunar gardening explained for UK growers: the traditional moon planting rules, what the evidence says, and how to try it without missing the season.
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Polytunnel Calendar: Jobs for Every Month
A month-by-month polytunnel calendar for UK growers, with what to sow, plant and harvest each month, plus ventilation, watering and pest jobs.
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Geum: Avens for Months of Border Colour
How to grow geum (avens) for months of hot orange and red flowers: best varieties like 'Totally Tangerine', planting, deadheading and dividing clumps.
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Four-Season Garden: Plants That Work All Year
Plan a four-season garden in the UK: spot the dull months, choose plants that earn their keep in three or four seasons, and fill every month.
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Garden Colour Schemes: How to Choose Yours
How to choose a garden colour scheme that suits your space, light and mood, with hot, cool and white ideas, foliage colour and a month-by-month planner.
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Container Planting Ideas for the UK
Easy pot combinations for every season, plus the best pots, compost and watering tips to keep UK patio containers looking good all year round.
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Year-Round Interest Garden Planting
Plan a border that looks good all year, with evergreen structure, spring bulbs, summer flowers, autumn grasses and bright winter stems and bark.
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Allotment Planner: Month-by-Month
A friendly month-by-month allotment planner for the UK: what to sow, plant, pick and tidy each month, plus a handy sowing and harvest chart.
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Best Plants for Pots Year-Round UK
The best plants for pots all year in UK gardens: evergreens for structure, plus bulbs, summer bedding, autumn colour and winter flowers to swap in.
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Gardening for Beginners: UK Guide
A friendly start to gardening in the UK. Get to know your soil and sun, pick five tools, grow easy first crops and follow a simple monthly calendar.
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White Garden Planting Scheme UK
How to plan a white garden border: a dark backdrop, silver foliage and white flowers for every season, plus a moon garden for summer evenings.
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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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Bird Feeding Guide by Season UK
What to feed UK garden birds each month, why seeds and peanuts now take a summer break, and how to keep feeders clean and birds healthy.
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Year-Round Pruning Calendar UK
What to prune each month in a UK garden, from roses and fruit trees to shrubs, hedges, lavender and wisteria, with simple timing rules that work.
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UK Flower Planting Calendar
What flowers to sow and plant each month in the UK, from sweet peas in winter to tulips in November, with easy tips on frost, bulbs and biennials.
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Garden Centre Best Buys by Season
What to buy at the garden centre each season, when the bargains turn up, and what to leave on the shelf. A friendly year-round shopping guide.
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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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Winter Gardening Jobs: A UK Checklist
Winter gardening jobs for UK gardens from December to February: pruning, bare-root planting, frost protection, greenhouse care and wildlife, area by area.
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Autumn Gardening Jobs: Complete UK Checklist
Your friendly autumn checklist for UK gardens, September to November. Planting, bulbs, lawn, borders, fruit, leaves, wildlife and pond jobs in order.
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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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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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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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Lawn Care Calendar UK: Month by Month
A friendly month-by-month UK lawn care calendar: when to mow, feed, scarify, aerate and overseed, so your grass looks its best all year.
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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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Summer Gardening Jobs: Complete UK Checklist
Your friendly summer checklist for UK gardens, June to August. Watering, deadheading, picking, pruning, lawn, greenhouse and pond jobs.
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Spring Gardening Jobs: Complete UK Checklist
Your friendly spring checklist for UK gardens, March to May. Lawn, borders, pruning, sowing, greenhouse, fruit, wildlife and pond jobs in order.
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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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When to Plant Spring Bulbs: Month by Month
When to plant spring bulbs in the UK, bulb by bulb. A simple September to November planting chart for daffodils, tulips, crocus, alliums and more.
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