When we moved into our first house, many years ago now, I was really impressed by the house on the corner of the street.

A potager garden is a type of kitchen garden that mixes both edible and ornamental plants in a beautiful, organized way.

A lovely, simple recipe for making delicious rowan and crab apple jelly, the perfect accompaniment for game. Stores for years.

Some years ago we moved to a new house which had a tiny suburban garden giving little room for growing vegetables, mainly a small herb bed and some salad crops. Then I realised there was an allotment ...

Capillary matting utilizes a simple yet effective principle of capillary action, where water moves through small pores within a mat due to surface tension. This matting is placed on the benches in the ...

Cumin, derived from the plant Cuminum cyminum, is a warm-season annual belonging to the Apiaceae family. This aromatic herb is renowned for its flavourful seeds, which are used whole or ground in a ...

In the UK, allotments are small parcels of land rented to individuals usually for the purpose of growing food crops. There is no set standard size but the most common plot is 10 rods, an ancient ...

These fruit growing guides are designed to introduce you to the main facts needed when growing the individual fruits. They also link through to other relevant pages on the site. For example – there is ...

Most compound fertilisers will contain three elements essential for growth, NPK which stands for Nitrogen (N) Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K). These elements help plants grow in different ways. An ...

Allotment associations are often joined with local gardening associations. They provide help and advice to the members of the association. Often they are completely responsible for the management of ...

Recipe for Spiced Plum Jam with Walnuts. All Plum Jams are really easy to make as plums have a lot of pectin so setting is seldom a problem.

There is a lot of confusion over the difference between broccoli and calabrese . The easy way for gardeners to remember is that broccoli is an over wintered crop and calabrese produces its crop the ...