Practical growing guides and simple seasonal recipes for everything you grow, from preparing your soil to cooking what you harvest. New content added regularly.
Choosing the right neighbours for your plants can deter pests, improve your soil, and make better use of limited space. This guide covers which plants to grow side by side and which to keep apart, with the reasons behind each.
Read guide →Comfrey liquid feed is one of the best organic fertilisers you can make at home, completely free, highly effective, and especially rich in the potassium that fruiting plants like tomatoes and courgettes need most.
Read guide →A handful of fresh basil, a couple of cloves of garlic, and ten minutes are all you need for the real thing. Endlessly versatile, on pasta, toast, or straight from the spoon.
See recipe →Bright, fresh, and ready in under twenty minutes. Serve warm straight from the pan or chilled from the fridge, it works beautifully either way. A great use of a glut of fresh peas.
See recipe →Uses: Tomatoes · Garlic · Basil
Slow roasting transforms even average tomatoes into something rich and intensely flavoured. Toss through pasta, spread on pizza, or keep in the fridge for the week ahead.
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