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How to grow a windowsill herb garden

June 20, 2020 by Catherine 1 Comment

If you’re new to growing your own food, a windowsill herb garden is an ideal place to start! Growing herbs from seed is a low-cost way to have fresh herbs for your cooking, with one packet of seeds usually containing enough for a few pots of herbs. And it's really easy to grow herbs from seed - you don’t even need a garden to do it. Lots of herbs will grow very well on a windowsill indoors. Growing herbs indoors is also an ideal gardening ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: container gardening, Garden tips, gardening, Grow Your Own, growing from seed, herb garden, Herbs, Homegrown, indoor gardening, Planting, Seeds, small space gardening, Top Tips

Vegetable gardening for beginners: quick and easy vegetables to grow now

April 9, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Are you keen on the idea of growing your own vegetables, but not really sure where to start? This vegetable gardening for beginners guide is a great first step on your grow your own journey! Growing your own fruit and veg is a brilliant way to become less reliant on shop-bought produce, and of course it's also a fantastic way to keep busy in the garden and get the kids involved too. Having said that, some fruit and vegetables are much easier ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Fruit, Garden tips, gardening, Gardening with children, Grow Your Own, growing from seed, Herbs, Homegrown, Top Tips, Vegetables

Vertical gardening with Gardena NatureUp! | AD

May 31, 2019 by Catherine 2 Comments

This is a commissioned post in collaboration with Gardena Introducing my new vertical herb garden! I do love a new gardening project, and this week I’ve been enjoying myself creating a herb garden for our new patio.  If you’ve been reading the blog lately, you’ll know we’re in the middle of a complete garden re-design, so this little project has been a lovely way to take a break from the heavy work and give us some instant ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Containers, Garden, Garden tips, Gardena, gardening, gardening equipment, Herbs, small space gardening, urban gardening, Vertical gardening

Gardening Calendar: What to Plant in May

May 2, 2019 by Catherine 6 Comments

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With spring in full flow and summer just around the corner, May can feel like a hectic month in the garden.  Trying to stay on top of seedlings, weeds and watering, I always feel like there are lots of plates to keep spinning.  It’s all good fun though! If you’re keen to sow, grow and plant things this month, here are some ideas for what to plant in May. Flowers to plant in May Nasturtiums There are lots of great reasons ...

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Filed Under: What to Plant Now Tagged With: Allotment, bulbs, Crops, Flowers, Food, Garden, Garden tips, gardening, Grow Your Own, growing from seed, Herbs, Homegrown, May, Planting, Plants, Seeds, Spring, Top Tips, Vegetables, What to plant now

Stylish Grow Your Own with Elho Green Basics

May 2, 2018 by Catherine Leave a Comment

elho grow tray seedlings

Do you like the idea of growing your own, but struggle with the practicalities?  There are lots of fruit and vegetables that will grow perfectly happily without the need for a great big plot of land and lots of expertise, but you may still have reservations.  Perhaps you think your outdoor space is too small, or you simply aren’t crazy about having functional plastic plant pots on your patio! With recent focus on things like food ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Children, Containers, Crops, Elho, Family, Food, Garden, gardening, Gardening with children, Grow Your Own, Herbs, Homegrown, Planting, Plants, Salad, Vegetables

#SpringBlooms fun with Dobbies Garden Centres

April 18, 2018 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Well the weather has finally decided to behave like spring, hurrah! Now that things have started to warm up, you can really get cracking on some fun family gardening projects.  Dobbies Garden Centres are encouraging us all to do just that with their #SpringBlooms campaign, and they asked us to get involved and hopefully inspire you to do the same. We popped into our local Dobbies store and picked up some plants, tools and accessories from ...

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Filed Under: Gardening with Children Tagged With: Activity, Children, Containers, Family, Garden, gardening, Gardening with children, Herbs, Nature, Outdoors, Planting, Plants, Spring

A Grow Along project with Tiger Sheds

September 23, 2016 by Catherine 9 Comments

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Welcome to our latest kids gardening project! We're joining up with Tiger Sheds for their #TigerGrowAlong.  They've sent us a fab kit so we can grow some lovely fresh herbs. Planting up a small herb garden in a container is a great gardening project for children.  It's small enough for them to manage it all on their own, the seeds are quick to germinate so they won't lose interest, and it's a great opportunity to teach them about where ...

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Filed Under: Gardening with Children Tagged With: Children, Containers, Family, Food, Garden, gardening, Herbs, Homegrown, Outdoors, Planting, Plants, Top Tips

Mother’s Day gift guide

February 17, 2016 by Catherine 1 Comment

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Welcome to my Mother’s Day gift guide - yes, it’s really not long until Mother’s Day!  Sunday 6th March is fast approaching, so here are some brilliant gift ideas to help you narrow down your search for the perfect present. Whether the mum in question enjoys gardening, getting outdoors, pampering or just a lovely treat, there are lots of great gift suggestions here.  Hopefully I’ve done the hard work for you and given you plenty of inspiration ...

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Filed Under: Family Home Tagged With: Flowers, gardening, Gift Guide, Gifts, Herbs, Homegrown, Mother's Day, Plants, preserving, Tools, Top Tips

Gift guide: Christmas gifts for the green-fingered

November 26, 2015 by Catherine 6 Comments

christmas gifts guide tree

Welcome to my Christmas gift guide, looking at gift ideas for the green-fingered people in your life. I’ve done the hard work for you and hunted down lots of great gift suggestions which are perfect for those who love their garden, nature and the outdoors.  Enjoy! Christmas gifts for keen gardeners Garden tools don’t have to look plain and boring; this Fork & Trowel Tool Set, £29.95  from Wild & Wolf’s Thoughtful Gardener range have ...

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Gift guide: Christmas gifts for children

November 26, 2015 by Catherine 2 Comments

christmas gift guide biscuits

Welcome to the second gift guide in my Christmas gifts series.  This time I’m looking at gifts for children who love nature and the outdoors. I know my two children have no problem reeling off a long list of toys they’ve seen on adverts and want to put on their Christmas list, and of course there is a place for these gifts in a family Christmas.  But in this gift guide I’m focusing on some less obvious gift ideas that tap into children’s natural ...

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