An unexpected way to grow lettuce for the table, planting garlic and a few onions, an observation about parsley and I’ve been ...

I like to try new varieties each year. Not new varieties of everything, just a few when something catches my eye. Well this ...

One of the problems of feeding hens is that whilst we’ve managed to well nigh double their egg-laying capacity by selective breeding over the last hundred years we’ve not increased their crop capacity ...

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 ...

A mixture of compost or similar material with loam soil used as a growing medium. Home-made compost is mainly best used as a soil improving fertiliser although you can make your own growing mediums ...

Capsicum is another name for both sweet, bell-shaped peppers and hot chilli peppers. In the UK, sweet peppers are normally a greenhouse crop although in a good summer it is possible to grow them ...

As with the three year crop rotations and five year crop rotations, we divide our plot up after allowing for the permanent beds of comfrey, asparagus and rhubarb etc. In this case into four beds or ...

What Are F1 Hybrid Seeds? An F1 hybrid is simply the result of breeding two different strains of a variety to produce a third variety. The term ‘F1’ just stands for Filial 1 or ‘first children’.

Brussels Sprouts were a popular vegetable in Belgium, hence the name. They are delicious if grown and cooked correctly – see Brussels sprouts recipes and are an excellent source of vitamins C, K, B12, ...

Vegetable growing – how to grow vegetables, guides & advice, articles. These vegetable growing guides are designed to introduce you to the main facts needed when growing the individual vegetables. In ...

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 ...

Scorzonera is a root crop which was well known and popular in the Victorian garden. It is very rarely seen in the shops because it’s not commonly known nowadays and so not popular. Yet the flavour of ...