Grow Your Own Help & Advice

Whether it be growing your own tomatoes on a balcony, using raised beds and planters in your garden or developing a plot of land on an allotment in order to grow a wide variety of fruit and veg, whatever the space you have, anyone can grow their own food at home and with our handy guides, tips and articles, you'll be a pro grower in no time!

Companion Planting Guide

Companion planting is a theory much in favour with organic vegetable gardeners that pairs certain plants with others so that insect damage is reduced and pollination improved.

Guide To Seed Collecting

Gardening doesn't have to be expensive, and collecting your own seed is one way to propagate plants if you have a restricted budget and can't afford to buy packets of seed.

Crop Rotation Guide

When cultivating vegetables it's important to rotate where the crops are grown so that the threat of disease is minimised and specific nutrients are available.

How To Grow Herbs

Interest in growing herbs has increased sharply over the last few years as we learn the usefulness of their culinary, medicinal and aromatic properties.

How To Grow Berries

Here's our guide to growing strawberries, raspberries and other soft fruit that tastes so good when freshly picked or can be turned into delicious jam.

Tomato Growing Tips

Tomatoes are an easy crop for the novice gardener to grow, whether they be bush or upright / vine, greenhouse or outdoors. Here are some tomato growing tips for beginners.

Growing Your Own Guide

Growing your own is a very rewarding activity, that’s why allotments have such long waiting lists. Not only is it satisfying both physically and mentally, but everything you grow will be fresh, seasonal and in tip top condition.

Create a Medicinal Garden

More than half of the medicines we use today are derived from plants, some may be familiar such as codeine and quinine but there are many others that play a vital role in healthcare throughout the world.

How to Grow Potatoes

Potatoes may not be exciting, but they're easy to grow and can be cooked in different ways. The potato could be our most valuable vegetable.

How To Make & Store Jam

Making jam is so easy – you really don’t need many, if any, culinary skills. And the end product tastes so much better than a shop bought alternative.