The flavour of homegrown tomatoes straight from the vine just can’t be beaten. Tomatoes are easy to grow and produce a high yield, just a couple of plants will provide you with a delicious crop throughout the Summer. Tomatoes can be grown in the ground, in containers and in grow bags.
Britain Get Growing- Grow Your Own – Herbs
There’s nothing quite like picking homegrown herbs to add to your meal preparations, they are great in stews, casseroles, salads, soups, roasting and even in cocktails!
Britain Get Growing: What to plant in April?
Nothing beats growing your own plants, fruits, and vegetables. There is nothing like homegrown produce when it comes to taste, freshness, and cost savings.
Britain Get Growing- Grow Your Own – Carrots
Homegrown carrots are full of flavour, packed with vitamins and a grow your own favourite. They can be grown in your vegetable patch, border or container. Find out where to start in our handy ‘grow your own’ blog.
Britain Get Growing- Grow Your Own – Broad Beans
Broad beans are easy to grow and delicious, they are really versatile and can be used in salads, pasta dishes, stews and soups. Find out more in our blog!
Britain Get Growing- Grow Your Own – Onions
Onions are a kitchen staple and are both undemanding and easy to grow. You can grow onions from seed or by planting sets (immature small onion bulbs) for convenience most choose to plant onion sets. There is a huge variety to choose from, yellow onions are most widely used and we recommend ‘Sturron’ for its high yield, strong flavour and tends to store well. Red Onions tend to be sweeter and are good for salads, we recommend ‘Hyred’ or ‘Red Baron’.
Britain Get Growing: Our guide to seed potatoes
Nothing beats the feeling of growing your own spuds. Learn how to plant your potatoes now from an early summer harvest.
Britain Get Growing: March- what should we be planting and how to plant?
Why not start growing your own plants, fruits, and vegetables this March? There is nothing like homegrown produce when it comes to taste, freshness, and cost savings.
Top 5 Gardening Tools for Beginners
The top 5 gardening accessories for beginners this spring season.
Your Garden in March
The weather is starting to warm up this March and as we get into early spring, there are lots of jobs to do in your garden. Spring is the start of the gardening season and is the time to get started in your garden and work hard to create a beautiful space in your home this year.