December 23, 2024

VIDEO: Using Wood Ash in Your Vegetable Garden

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Bonfires, wood burners and open fireplaces produce lots of ash over the course of winter. Don’t throw it away! It’s a valuable source of nutrients for the garden. Wood ash is particularly useful for fruiting plants, but it’s important to know where not to use it too.…

VIDEO: Growing Fruit – Why Thinning Creates a Better Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Early summer offers a tempting taste of what’s to come in the fruit garden. But to get the most from your fruit trees you’ll need to thin them out by removing many of the developing fruits. It sounds counterintuitive, but by thinning fruits you’ll enjoy a better…

VIDEO: Journal Your Garden Progress to Become a Better Gardener

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. The best education for any gardener is experience, and keeping a gardening journal is a great way to build up a record of your experience. That way you can learn from the things that work – and don’t! We’re introducing a brand new Garden Journal which is…

VIDEO: 10 Nutrient-Dense Fruits and Vegetables to Grow in Your Garden

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Fresh, homegrown fruits and vegetables are packed full of nutrients which help to boost health and give us that feel-good glow. But which are the best? All crops are not created equal, and some are even better for you than others. In this short video we discuss…

VIDEO: How to Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Hanging Baskets

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Hanging baskets provide a great space-saving way to grow many fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, strawberries and all manner of leafy herbs and salads. Whether you’ve got a small garden or if you’ve simply run out of space, a hanging basket overflowing with edibles will make a…

VIDEO: Garden Pests: Stop Slug Damage To Your Fruit & Vegetables

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Slugs are the gardener’s number one enemy! In this short video we show how to fight back and stop slugs damaging your crops: – How to identify slugs, slug eggs or slug damage on or near your plant foliage or fruit. – When and where should you…

VIDEO: 7 Vegetable Garden Shortcuts: Gardening Tips to Save Time

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Does your garden feel like an endless ‘To Do’ list? Don’t despair – it doesn’t have to be that way! There are ways to make life easier for yourself and speed up the process. Preparing vegetable beds, laying essential paths, raising plants from seed and keeping your…

VIDEO: How to Grow Delicious Herbs in Containers

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Delicious, aromatic herbs look fantastic in pots and can transform your cooking. Grow several different types together and you’ll enjoy fresh pickings time and again. A herb planter looks gorgeous and makes a unique, personal gift for your gardening- or cooking-obsessed loved ones. In this short video…

VIDEO: GrowVeg Organic Gardening Advice, Apps & Software

Welcome to the GrowVeg.com Youtube channel. Over a million people use our videos every month to learn essential gardening techniques from planning your crops to storing and preserving. Our videos are full of no-nonsense advice that’s practical and easy-to-follow. Whether you’re at home or in the garden, when you need advice our videos are available…

VIDEO: Vegetable Garden Design – Choosing the Right Layout for Your Garden

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. The secret to success with your vegetable garden is good planning. Using dedicated vegetable beds and deciding in advance what you’re going to grow where makes gardening simpler, more efficient, and more productive. Growing in dedicated beds reduces soil compaction, helps to simplify crop rotation, and makes…

VIDEO: Vegetable Gardening: How to Plan a Highly Productive Garden

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing your own food is a great way to save money and eat more healthily so it’s important to make the most of the space you have available. Whether you’re starting a new garden or working with the same space as last year, a few simple changes…

VIDEO: Pumpkin Carving Tips & Tricks: Easy Ideas to Create Amazing Halloween Pumpkins

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Whether this is your first attempt at carving a pumpkin or your one hundredth, there are many imaginative ways to create something special. One reason pumpkin carving is so popular is because it’s really fun to do, especially with your children or grandchildren. In this video we…

VIDEO: Container Gardening – Top Tips for Success

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Whether you’re planning to grow a small kitchen herb garden, or to produce enough food to feed your family, containers can add the flexibility which helps make your garden a success this year. Growing in containers is very popular, and the variety of containers available is constantly…