June 30, 2024

VIDEO: Gardening Without Plastic

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Plastic permeates every aspect of our lives, including the garden. But as the world wakes up to its addiction, just how easy it is to ditch plastic while growing and storing more of our own food? From sowing seeds to protecting crops to low-tech ways of keeping…

VIDEO: Easy to Grow Edible Seeds and Grains

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Edible gardens aren’t just about fruits and vegetables. There are plenty of delicious seeds and grains you can grow too. Easy to Grow Edible Seeds and Grains Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, quinoa and amaranth can all be grown in your garden, as well as seeds from herbs…

VIDEO: 4 Super-Hardy Salad Leaves to Grow in Winter

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Salads may be the epitome of summer, but some salad leaves are hardy enough to provide a harvest even in the depths of winter, at a time when fresh leaves make for a real treat. 4 Super-Hardy Winter Salad Leaves Our top four winter salad leaves are…

VIDEO: Growing Radishes from Sowing to Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Speedy radishes can be grown almost anywhere: between larger vegetables, around soon-to-finish crops, in pots, or to give peppery roots both early or late in the season. Try some for yourself, including delicious winter radishes to sow from late summer. In this short video we’ll tell you…

VIDEO: Growing Salad Onions from Sowing to Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Whether you call them scallions, spring onions or green onions, versatile and delicious salad onions should be on every gardener’s to-grow list. Racing to harvest in as little as eight weeks, these tasty alliums are perfect for space-strapped gardeners or for intercropping between slower-growing vegetables. In this…

VIDEO: Worm Composting: How to Make a Wormery

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Wonderful wiggling worms are the starting point to healthy soil and can create truly awesome compost. Put worms to work in your garden by making your own wormery. It’s easy and inexpensive, and will yield nutritious worm compost and worm ‘wee’ to enrich your soil. In this…

VIDEO: Garden Heatwave: How to Care for Heat-Stressed Plants

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Extreme summer heat can be as exhausting for our plants as it is for us, but you can make life easier for them by deploying a few simple strategies. By using smart watering techniques, providing shade and removing other stressors you can help keep those harvests coming,…

VIDEO: 7 Simple Strategies to Prevent Garden Pests

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Pests are a common challenge but that doesn’t mean they need to gain the upper hand. In fact, it’s very easy to prevent pests altogether. Prevention is better than a cure, and it’s kinder on nature too. In this short video we’ll share seven simple strategies for…

VIDEO: Hand Pollinating Squash for Higher Yields and Seed Saving

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Pollinating squashes by hand is an easy-to-learn, simple yet effective technique to improve fruit set and yields. It can also be used to guarantee that seeds for saving breed true. If insect pollinators are scarce or you just want to give them a helping hand, hand-pollinating is…

VIDEO: Growing Lettuce from Sowing to Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Lettuce is quick-growing, fuss-free and can be grown just about anywhere. Whether you’re growing it for sweet, firm hearts or to create a pick-and-mix of leaves, you won’t want to run short of this dependable salad. Grown for its luscious leaves, there’s a cornucopia of both hearting…

VIDEO: Growing Kale from Sowing to Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Kale is the undisputed king of the winter vegetable garden! Nutrient-packed and remarkably hardy, it’ll carry on cropping throughout the coldest months and on into spring. The best-looking of the brassicas, kale is a valuable addition to a potager or ornamental border as well as vegetable gardens.…

VIDEO: 10 Unusual Vegetables for Adventurous Gardeners

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing your own food means super-fresh, super-healthy produce. But it also opens up the opportunity to try vegetables that are truly extraordinary. There are many quirky crops just waiting to be discovered. In this short video we’ll explore our top 10 unusual vegetables to shake things up…

VIDEO: Growing Squash from Sowing to Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Squashes and pumpkins are among the most thrilling vegetables you can grow. Speed, vitality and generous harvests – they’ve got it all! Whether you’re growing summer or winter squash, get your crop off to the best possible start with our sowing-to-harvest guide to these first-rate performers. In…

VIDEO: 5 Best Crops for Your Edible Container Garden

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing crops in containers offers flexibility and the chance to grow more too. While it’s possible to grow almost any vegetable, herb or fruit in pots, some are more suited than others. So what are the best crops to grow in containers? In this short video we’ll…

VIDEO: Growing Wildflowers for Bees & Butterflies

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Bees and butterflies are loved by us gardeners for the incredible work they do pollinating our crops. But with native wildflower meadows becoming scarce, pollinators need our help. Planting wildflowers is the perfect way to provide these amazing insects with the pollen, nectar and habitat they need…

VIDEO: Growing Onions from Sowing to Harvest

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Onions are exceptionally useful in the kitchen, and properly harvested and cured bulbs will successfully store for up to six months. They really are a must-grow vegetable! There are several options for starting onions but, whichever method you choose, they all need the same garden care. In…

VIDEO: Apple Storing and Processing, the Easy Way

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Autumn brings us an abundance of juicy apples – but what to do with them all? Many varieties can be stored to enjoy over winter, while all apples may be processed into truly tasty treats. In this short video we show you how to store apples safely…

VIDEO: Upcycling Projects: Turn Your Trash into Garden Treasures!

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Gardeners are a pretty thrifty bunch and it’s in the garden where repurposing old items into new really comes into its own. From transforming tins into planters to repurposing old furniture for storing produce, there are countless ways to put worn out or unwanted items to good…

VIDEO: 6 Proven Strategies for Year-round Harvests

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. While there’s never any shortage of delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest during the main growing season, those quieter times of the year can prove a little more challenging. There are a number of tricks and techniques that help to extend the growing season beyond what you’d…

VIDEO: Maximize Your Space: Stunning Designs for Small Gardens

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Many of us have a garden that’s smaller than we’d like, but there are plenty of clever design techniques you can use to make the most of your space. A perfectly formed patch of garden paradise – both beautiful and productive – can be created in even…

VIDEO: Maximize Your Space: Stunning Designs for Small Gardens

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Many of us have a garden that’s smaller than we’d like, but there are plenty of clever design techniques you can use to make the most of your space. A perfectly formed patch of garden paradise – both beautiful and productive – can be created in even…

VIDEO: Growing Strawberries: How to Grow the Best Tasting Strawberries

💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Home-grown strawberries taste the best – and the great news is they’re very easy to grow. By selecting the right varieties and providing ideal growing conditions, you’re sure to enjoy a super crop of strawberries. In this short video we’ll explore the best ways to choose, plant…