Vegetable Growing

Fear of pesticide and poison residues plus the rediscovery of the taste of fresh home grown vegetables is pushing the trend towards home grown vegetables again using organic methods.
  • Growing Vegetables In The Outer Hebrides

    This is the second year I have been working on getting vegetables growing on my croft here on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It's a steep learning curve and not so straight forward as raising vegetables in England or places with more favourable climates.

  • Garlic, Growing The Fragrant Pearl

    Garlic is easy to grow and home grown garlic tastes far better than store bought. Find out more here about the varieties of garlic and how to grow it.

  • Growing Strawberries the Garden Delicacy

    How to easily grow and propagate strawberries. From preparing the strawberry bed to the plate.

  • Heirloom Tomatoes and Vegetables

    You often hear that things don't taste like they used to. The answer is to grow heirloom varieties of tomatoes and other vegetables. Recapture real taste.

  • NPK Fertiliser - What the NPK means in Fertiliser

    Most 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 and an understanding of this will help you when choosing the correct fertiliser for a plant or for a stage in the development of a plant.

  • Making the most of your greenhouse for vegetables

    Most vegetable growers use their greenhouse to produce the standard crops; tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergine (egg plant), etc. as well as for starting seeds in shelter prior to planting out, but there are ways in which your greenhouse can be more productive for you by producing winter salads and early vegetables.