Grow Your Own
Practical advice on how to grow your own fruits and vegetables, how to live off the land, when to plant and the best produce for your patch
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Best companion plants for potatoes: herbs, flowers and veg to improve your potato crop
Grow Your Own Choosing the best companion plants for potatoes is easy and will reward you with a bigger, healthier harvest
By Sarah Wilson • Published
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Best companion plants for peppers: herbs, flowers and veg to grow alongside peppers
Grow Your Own Our guide to the best companion plants for peppers will help you boost your crop
By Sarah Giles • Published
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Gardener Scott shares his top tips for creating a vertical garden
Grow Your Own The expert gardener explains the techniques you need for success with vertical gardens
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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Potato blight explained – plus Monty Don's tips for treatment
Grow Your Own Potato blight spoiling your crop? Try Monty Don's expert advice to save your harvest
By Sarah Warwick • Published
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Best companion plants for cucumbers: flowers, herbs and veg to grow with cucumbers
Grow Your Own Choose the best companion plants for cucumbers to help boost your homegrown harvest
By Sarah Giles • Published
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Experts reveal the most common vegetable harvesting mistakes
Grow Your Own Avoid these vegetable harvesting mistakes to make sure your crop doesn't go to waste
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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Best companion plants for strawberries: the flowers, herbs and veg to grow next to strawberries
Grow Your Own If you want a bumper strawberry harvest, add these companion plants for strawberries to your plot and you'll soon see the improvements
By Sarah Giles • Published
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How to grow dill: expert tips for cultivating this tasty ornamental herb
Grow Your Own As well as a flavourful herb to enhance cooking, learn how to grow dill in your garden and you’ll add beautiful foliage and flowers too
By Sarah Wilson • Published
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How to grow watermelon: expert tips on growing this refreshing fruit
Grow Your Own Find out how to grow watermelon and you'll soon be wondering why you've never tried it before
By Sarah Wilson • Published
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The secret of enjoying fresh parsley this winter from Monty Don
Grow Your Own Love having fresh parsley for your kitchen? Sow it now for winter harvesting, says Monty Don
By Sarah Warwick • Published
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Best companion plants for tomatoes: herbs, veg and flowers to grow alongside tomatoes
Grow Your Own Our advice on companion plants for tomatoes will help you to deter pests and get a better, healthier harvest from your crops
By Sarah Giles • Published
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Deer destroyed your veggie patch again? This cheap supermarket buy will help to deter them
Grow Your Own The cheap – and cruelty-free – deterrent for the animals that are a little too fond of your home-grown fruit and veg
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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The simplest way to maximize your summer harvest is also the most effective, says Gardener Scott
Grow Your Own Gardening expert give his top tip for getting more vegetables than ever this summer
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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Monty Don’s top tips on harvesting garlic and shallots successfully
Grow Your Own Make the most of the delicious produce from your kitchen garden with Monty Don’s top tips for harvesting garlic and shallots
By Sarah Warwick • Published
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How to grow calabrese: our green broccoli planting guide
Grow Your Own Once you know how to grow calabrese broccoli, you’ll enjoy months of nutritious green goodness with these chunky champions
By Janey Goulding • Published
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This is the top plant to grow in a cocktail garden this summer
Grow Your Own Cocktail gardens are one of this summer's biggest backyard trends; if you start with just one plant, make it this one, cocktail expert recommends
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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Monty Don gives his tops tips for growing pumpkins and squashes – even in a small garden
Grow Your Own Give your pumpkins and squashes all the love and care you can now to enjoy a bountiful harvest, says gardening guru
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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Growing radishes: top tips on how to grow radishes to get a bumper crop
Grow Your Own You won’t believe how easy it is growing radishes. With our advice on how and when to grow them, you will be rewarded with a tasty harvest in just four weeks
By Sarah Wilson • Published
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Twitter-famous gardener Gerald Stratford explains why big veg is the future
Grow Your Own The big veg gardener says growing larger vegetables will make a lot of sense in the years to come
By Millie Hurst • Published
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How to grow cilantro: tips on sowing, growing and harvesting this versatile herb
Grow Your Own Learn how to grow cilantro indoors and out with our expert guide and you'll soon have a homegrown crop of the most widely used herb in the world
By Sarah Wilson • Published
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How to design a potager garden for vegetables and flowers
How to Our expert tips on how to design a potager garden will help you create a plot that’s filled with blooms, attractive edibles, is great for pollinators and easy to maintain
By Janey Goulding • Published
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Best self-watering systems: 6 ways to keep your plants thriving hands free
Gardens We've gathered the best self-watering systems and planters to help you keep your plants thriving while you're away from home
By Ginevra Benedetti • Published
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How to grow tomatoes: elevate your summer salads with these tips for tomato growing
Grow Your Own Discover how to grow tomatoes indoors, in a greenhouse, or in the ground and enjoy a bumper crop that tastes delicious
By Laura Crombie • Published
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Monty Don reveals the one thing you need to do to get great fruit from your trees
Grow Your Own TV gardening expert Monty Don shares the secret of getting the best fruit from your garden. Take note...
By Sarah Warwick • Published
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It’s not too late to start a vegetable garden this summer – if you take Monty Don’s advice
Grow Your Own Check out Monty Don’s top tips and grow your own delicious veggies this year
By Sarah Warwick • Published
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How to grow winter brassicas: expert tips for cabbage, cauliflower, kale, sprouts and sprouting
Grow Your Own Follow our guide on how to grow winter brassicas and these hardy veg are guaranteed to get you through the cooler months
By Janey Goulding • Published
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Best fruit trees to grow in pots: our top choices for your patio containers
Plants Find out which are the best fruit trees to grow in pots and reap the rewards of pretty blossom in spring and a bumper harvest in summer and autumn
By Fiona Cumberpatch • Published
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Garden expert names top strawberry varieties for hot climates
Grow Your Own Live somewhere that gets seriously hot over the summer? These are the strawberry cultivars that do well in hot weather and drought-prone conditions
By Anna Cottrell • Published
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How to grow French beans: our complete growing guide
Grow Your Own Add a little ‘ooh la la’ to your summer harvests as we show you how to grow French beans – and how to keep them coming!
By Janey Goulding • Published