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Black bean aphids are an inevitable part of growing beans, but there’s one garden ally that’s got your back – the ladybug/ladybird! Both the larvae and the adults eat aphids. Here’s what they look like.
We’re often advised to pinch out the tops of fava/broad beans to avoid black bean aphids. But don’t throw the tops onto the compost heap – eat them!
Love your tomatoes? How about a truly tempting pick-and-mix of tasty toms to turbocharge your summer?! Join Ben as he gets them planted in heady anticipation of the fruits to come!
Starting a new garden this growing season? Want to avoid the most common pitfalls and guarantee success? Avoid these 5 mistakes and you’ll be well on your way to munching your way through your home-grown produce. Yum! If you love growing your own food, why not take a look at our online Garden Planner which…
Want to grow your own tasty tatties? Sample home grown splendid spuds? In this week’s video, Ben guides us through four options for growing potatoes, no matter what your growing space, from raised beds, to bare ground, straw and even in pots or bags. Mashed, boiled, roasted, chipped, you name it, there’s a potato for…
Want more vegetables, more pollinators and fewer pests in your garden? Then you need to grow companion flowers! Marigolds are one of the very best companion plants. Their cheerful colours are just the start of the long list of reasons to grow them and you can start by sowing them right now! For more on…
Just starting out? Let’s start at the very beginning, with starting seeds. Sowing seeds isn’t quite as simple as A, B, C but with these easy to follow tips, you’ll be growing in no time! In this week’s video, Ben explains everything in this comprehensive guide to successful seed starting. Look no further! Everything you…
Can I spruce up my garden and greenhouse within one solitary minute? Let’s find out shall we… Music: Divertissement – Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Lemongrass is an essential ingredient to many Asian recipes – and it just so happens to be incredibly good for you too. What’s not to love?! Grow some of your own from seed and have fresh, lemony stalks to hand, whenever you need them.
Spring is around the corner and it’s time to supercharge your soil, ready for the growing season. It’s important to top up your soil’s nutrients at this time of year, every year. but where do you start and how do you do it? All your questions are answered in this week’s episode. Want to get…
Everyone loves something for nothing. Discover how I grew my currant bushes… and why I need to move them.
Ever wondered how our favorite crunchy snack came into being? Wonder no more!
Winter getting you down? Can’t wait to get growing? In this week’s episode Ben warms our hearts with his selection of vegetables that you can start sowing in February. You can feel really smug knowing that you’re getting a head start on the growing season and there’s a surprisingly wide variety to choose from. But…
Wonderfully crumbly, earthy-smelling woodchips make the most superb garden paths. Just one of the reasons I love them.
Wet, cold, and gloomy outside? Never mind all that – it’s time to think ahead to spring! Our Garden Planner makes it easy to try out different layouts and crop combinations – and it makes garden planning rather fun too! Discover how the Garden Planner can help you achieve the garden of your dreams: https://www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
Check out our upcoming video with more seeds you can sow in winter…coming soon! Can’t wait to get growing? Got the winter blues and missing your greens? Too early to start sowing? Not if you grow peas! Nutritious, delicious and hardcore little dudes, peas are the frustrated winter gardener’s best friend. You’re welcome! If you…
Want to make your gardening jobs easier? Want to save time and find short cuts? Well this video is for you, our muddy-fingered friend! In this week. Ben reveals 10 of his best hacks to lighten your gardening load and help ensure you success in your garden, including some not-so-obvious lightbulb moments. It’s short and…
Want to start a new veg garden in 2023? Or perhaps you’ve already got a few growing seasons under your belt but you want a few tips on how to improve your layout. In this week’s episode Ben walks us through his garden and shows us everything we need to think of to plan the…
Shallots are loved by chefs and home cooks alike. Let’s get some planted ready for a delicious harvest!
Want to cut costs in your garden? Potting mix and compost is arguably a gardener’s biggest yearly expense. in this week’s episode, Ben treats us to some money saving tricks and tips for filling pots and raised beds for a fraction of the price, if not entirely for free. Better get collecting now! Off you…
Cold, crisp weather chills to the bone, but it’s good news for our gardens! Music: Frost Waltz (Alternate) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100531 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Yes, with a little planning (and possibly just a little luck!) you can tuck into delicious, garden-grown potatoes for your Christmas dinner.
Carrots used to be white, so how did they become orange and why? In this week”s short video, Ben plays detective as he unveils the mystery of the origins of the orange carrot… If you want to grow your own carrots, check out this video https://youtu.be/jvn_HHIB6tM
Want to grow fruit, but think you don’t have the space? Grow in containers! in this week’s episode, Ben demonstrates how to plant three types of berries that you can get into pots at this time of year: Raspberries, Currants, and Blueberries. Nutritious, delicious and packed full of goodness! For more on growing berries, see…
Zero gravity potatoes? Galactic spuds? Get ready for blast-off! It really is possible to grow food in space. Fasten your seatbelts…
Do you hate waste, but love online shopping? Of course, we recommend shopping locally whenever possible, but on the occasion when all that packaging that comes through our doors, what can we do with it all?! Bubble wrap, polystyrene and cardboard boxes can be a nuisance to recycle. Fear not! Ben has lots of clever…
That’s right, using a fork is so much better for your garden and for your back too. Yes, a spade or shovel can be useful for moving piles of soil or sand on occasion, but for most tasks a fork can do what a spade can with less effort and more efficiency, while also being…
Tired of waiting for your compost to be ready? It can sometimes take years… unless you know these tricks of the trade which will rapidly increase the speed of your composting, so that you can make lots of compost FAST! In this week’s episode, Ben explains how composting works and demonstrates how to go about…
Wait! It’s not quite time to hang up your boots for the season yet. There’s a crop you can still sow that will give you some of your earliest harvests of 2023 if you get them in now! It’s the vegetable that time forgot, the humble broad bean or fava bean. The long lost legume…
For hundreds of years, many people believed that tomatoes were poisonous. Find out the mysterious reason why in this short video, where Ben plays the detective and the victim! …Spoiler alert: Don’t worry, we believe that eating tomatoes is safe! For more on how to grow them, check out these videos: Growing Tomatoes From Sowing…
