How to Grow Vegetables

How to start a vegetable garden and grow vegetables in garden beds, raised beds, allotments, growbags & containers

Home Grown Vegetables

With much talk about impending world food shortages, now is a good time to start growing your own garden plants. Certainly in the UK, various local authorities have started schemes to grow vegetables in unused public spaces, and whilst this is a great community idea, most people could, if they wished, grow vegetables at home - even if it's just a hanging basket with some tomatoes.

Click the links below to find detailed sowing, planting, growing and harvesting instructions for each of the vegetables you want to grow whether on a large allotment or in a single container on the balcony.

The growing details include the height and spread of the vegetable plants to enable you to plan your beds and plots ensuring the larger plants don't obscure the smaller ones and is very useful if you intend planting veggies amongst your flower borders.

Artichokes (Globe)	Asparagus	Aubergines	Bean - Broad
Beans - Climbing	Beans - Dwarf	Beans - French	Beans - Runner
Beet (leaf)	Beetroot	Bell Peppers	Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts	Cabbage	Calabrese	Capsicum (peppers)
Carrots	Cauliflower	Celeriac	Celery
Chillies	Courgette	Cucumbers	Eggplant
Endive (Frisee)	Florence Fennel	Garlic	Jerusalem Artichoke
Kale	Kohl Rabi	Leaf Beet	Leeks
Lettuce	Mange Tout	Marrow	Onions (Maincrop)
Parsnips	Peas	Peppers (Sweet)	Potatoes
Pumpkin	Radish	Runner Beans	Rutabaga
Shallots	Spinach	Spring Onions	Squash
Swede	Sweetcorn	Sweet Peppers	Sweet Potato
Swiss chard	Tomatoes	Turnips	Zucchini

There is lots of information and in-depth articles on this website covering everything from basic soil info to harvesting your crops and if you are just starting to grow your own, we would advise you to read the section Getting Started.

Pests and Diseases

Companion Plants

See individual vegetable pages above for details

See individual Vegetable pages

	In the Kitchen
	See individual growing Vegetable pages for basic details on how to store, prepare and cook each variety. We recommend that you visit our sister site www.recipes4us.co.uk for thousands of inspirational recipes and ideas plus in depth culinary information and articles relating to food including preparation, nutrition and history.