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How Can I Grow My Own Food Without A Garden?
According to the ONS, 1 in 8 people in the UK don’t have a garden. That means for 12% of the UK population, pulling on some wellies and digging a spot in the garden for a veg plot just isn’t realistic. But a lack of outdoor space doesn’t need to stop you.Whether you have a small garden, a balcony or just a window ledge, there are plenty of
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What To Do After Seeds Sprout - Growing Your Own Vegetables
It’s easy to find vegetable garden inspiration online, but it can sometimes be difficult knowing how to take care of your vegetable plants, especially in the important early stages. Once your seeds sprout, you need to guide your fledgling plants on the next stage of their journey.
If you’re unsure about what to do now that your vegetable seeds
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5 Simple Ways To Find Vegetable Garden Ideas & Inspiration
Growing your own food can be as simple as having a couple of planters or pots on your decking area to using your whole garden to grow to produce. Regardless of where you're growing, you'll most likely want a vegetable garden that has a selection of produce, is visually appealing and easy to manage and maintain.
To create your vegetable garden
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Get Started With Strawberry Growing
Since 1953, strawberries have been long associated with Wimbledon. Whilst our sister company Edwards Sports are renowned for providing Wimbledon with the finest Tennis Nets in the World, here at William James we provide our customers with quality garden netting perfect for growing strawberries.
Here's our guide to growing the perfect strawberries
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How To Create A Fun Vegetable Garden For Kids
If you are searching for ways to encourage your young ones to eat more vegetables, then it might be worth considering creating a vegetable garden for kids. Growing your vegetables at home is a great way to encourage your children to learn more about where their food comes from. Curious by nature, children will be overcome with joy planting and Read more...
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8 Winter Vegetables To Grow In Spring Ready For Christmas Dinner
Over the past year, many of us tried our hand at gardening, planting colourful flowers, trees and also growing vegetables due to the free time the pandemic created for us. This caused a sharp increase in the number of new gardeners getting their hands dirty in the garden. Luckily, growing your own vegetables is a fun and easy way to not only Read more...
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Your Essential Gardening Equipment List - 12 Basic Garden Tools For Summer
Your gardening equipment list should start with the basic gardening tools and expand to include some specialist types of gardening tools. Here we take a look at some of the basic garden tools you can buy, their uses and some of the more specialist items that might be on your gardening equipment list. If you’re new to planting fruit and veg,
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Vegetable Planting Monthly Calendar: When To Plant Vegetables
You can sow seeds, plant or harvest from your vegetable garden almost all year round. When you look at the ideal vegetable planting calendar, you can see the main planting period is Spring. Knowing when to plant vegetables is easier than knowing what to plant. So a vegetable planting monthly calendar is an excellent place to start.
If you’
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10 DIY Gardening Tips for Beginners
1. Make Your Own Homemade Weed Killers Homemade weed killers may seem like an ambitious suggestion for number one on the list of gardening tips for beginners. However, in the spirit of starting how you mean to go on, it’s a good habit to get into. And it’s fun and straightforward. All you need is a few basic ingredients like vinegar, salt
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Everything You Need To Know About Buying a Fruit Cage
Fruit cages are an excellent way to protect the fruit and vegetables grown in your garden. As well as preventing birds and animals like deer and rabbits from getting to your crops, fruit cages can create a perfect micro-environment for your crops to flourish.
There are many fruit cages available on the market, but how do you know which is
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