Resources 

Information and articles relating to growing vegetables, fruit, herbs and edible flowers

Jump to:-     Calendars  |    Companion Planting  |  Compost  |  Container Gardening  |  Crop Rotation  |  Cultivars - Fruit  | Cultivars - General Information |  Fertilisers  | Fruit Bushes & Trees  |  Glossaries  |  Greenhouse Gardening  | Growing in Shade  |  Indoor Gardening  |  Links  | Organic Gardening  |  Pests and Diseases  |  Raised Bed Gardening  |  Seeds and Plants  |   Site Planning and Management  |  Soil, Composts and Manures   |  Tools and  Equipment

Below are links to in-depth articles and editorial covering a wide range of subjects relating to growing crops in different situations such as containers, raised beds, gardens, allotments and greenhouses plus  soil and site management, compost, growing organically, gardening equipment and general growing guidelines. Everything you'll ever need to know to grow your own crops. We will be adding more in-depth articles over the coming months so do be sure to re-visit soon.

Calendars 

• Monthly Gardening Jobs

• Jobs in the Garden By Season

Companion Planting

• Understanding Companion Planting

• List of companion plants

Container Gardening

• How to choose the gardening equipment you will need if you want to grow crops in containers on a patio or balcony

• How to grow crops in Containers

• List of crops suitable for growing in containers

Fertilisers

• Fertilisers: Information about fertilisers and their uses

Fruit Bushes and Trees

• Anatomy of a Fruit Tree: Parts

• Forms of Trees - Types available e.g. Cordons, Fans

• Buying Fruit Trees: A General Guide

• Planting Fruit Trees and Bushes

• Pruning Fruit Trees and Bushes (See individual growing pages)

• Rootstocks - Information about rootstocks

• Cultivars - Information about Cultivars
                - Apple Cultivars

Links - Links to other gardening & food related websites

Indoor Gardening 

• How to choose what gardening equipment you will need if you want to grow crops indoors

• Hydroponics

Pests and Diseases

• List of common Fruit pests and diseases

• List of common Vegetable  pests and diseases

Site Planning and Management

• Bio-diversity

• Crop Rotation: Explanation of crop rotation and how to rotate crops in your own vegetable plot

• Deciding how much space to allocate to growing edible crops

• Growing crops in the shade

• Planning Vegetable & Fruit Beds and Allotment Plots

• Preparing ground for growing crops

• Raised Bed Gardening

Soil, Composts and Manures 

• How to make Compost

• Soil Testing

• Types of soil

• Types of Compost

Glossaries

• General - common terms used in gardening

• Fruit Growing Glossary

• Vegetable Growing Glossary

Greenhouse Gardening

• How to Choose a Greenhouse

• How to choose the equipment you will need if you want to grow crops in a Greenhouse

Organic Gardening

• How to grow Organically

• What does Organic mean?

Seeds and Plants

• Buying Seed and Plants

• Collecting and Saving your own seed

• Cultivars - Information about Plant Cultivars

• F¹ and F² Hybrid Seeds

• Genetically Modified Seed

• Hardening Off Plants

• How to Create a Seed Bed

• How to Sow Seed

• Sowing Seed Indoors

Tools and  Equipment

• Descriptions, pictures and uses of gardening equipment and tools

• How to choose what gardening equipment you will need if you have an allotment or large plot

• How to choose the gardening equipment you will need if you want to grow crops in containers on a patio or balcony

• How to choose what gardening equipment you will need if you want to grow crops in your garden

• How to choose the equipment you will need if you want to grow crops in a Greenhouse

• How to choose what gardening equipment you will need if you want to grow crops indoors