How to Start a Kitchen Garden: A Practical UK Beginner’s Guide
Start a kitchen garden by choosing a few crops you eat regularly, matching them to your available sunlight, and planting one manageable bed or a…
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Learn how to grow your own food in a UK back garden, using simple, practical methods that work with limited space, time, and budget.
The Best Time to Build a Pond: A Seasonal Guide
A pond can be a beautiful addition to any garden or yard and can provide a place for fish, amphibians, and reptiles to thrive. The…
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Plant Pot Sizes: How to Choose the Right Container
Choose a plant pot by its usable capacity, depth and the mature plant’s needs, rather than diameter alone. Small pots suit propagation and temporary growing;…
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Do I Need Permission To Build A Pond?
If you've ever sat beside a gurgling river or stream and watched the wildlife coming and going, you will know how much life depends on…
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Plant Problems: Why Does My Lavender Plant Not Smell?
Lavender is a plant known for its relaxing scent, but sometimes your lavender plant may not smell as strong as you would like. There are…
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Pollinators: What Colours Attract Pollinators More?
Pollination is a process that every garden needs. It doesn't matter if you grow flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruit, or anything in between, you won't get…
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Do Gardens Need Shade? 6 DIY Options For Overly Sunny Gardens
This year has seen one of the sunniest years on record. The UK has had a huge drought and hit 40C (104F) for the first…
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Blight: Can I Reuse Soil From Tomatoes With Blight?
Tomato blight is a fungal disease that can devastate a tomato crop. It is important to take measures to control the spread of the disease…
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Growing Strawberries in a Cold Frame: Shelter and Earlier Crops
You can grow strawberries in a cold frame, using it for shelter or to bring the harvest forward. An unheated frame does not guarantee winter…
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Do Bees Make Nests in Compost Bins?
Did you know that bees make nests in compost bins? I came across this recently when doing a bit of research about compost bins, that…
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