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50 fun ideas to get kids gardening

March 19, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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If you're keen to keep the kids busy and active, I've got lots of great kids gardening ideas to inspire and occupy them! Children make very natural gardeners in my experience. They love hands-on activities, they’re curious about nature and the world around them, and they generally relish the opportunity to get grubby!  Gardening caters for all of this, and right from the toddler stage it’s perfectly possible for kids to get stuck ...

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Filed Under: Gardening with Children Tagged With: Books, Family, Family Fun, Family home, Flowers, Garden, Garden tips, gardening, Gardening with children, Grow Your Own, growing from seed, Homegrown, Nature, Outdoor Play, Outdoors, Top Tips, Vegetables, Wildlife gardening

Planting Calendar: what to plant month by month

March 19, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop planting calendar for what to plant each month! Click on the relevant link to see my top picks for what to plant each month, including flowers, fruit, vegetables and bulbs. Your one-stop planting calendar What to plant in January What to plant in February What to plant in March What to plant in April What to plant in May What to plant in June What to plant in July What to plant in ...

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Filed Under: What to Plant Now Tagged With: bulbs, Flowers, Fruit, Garden, Garden maintenance, Garden tips, gardening, gardening calendar, Grow Your Own, growing from seed, Plants, Seeds, Vegetables, What to plant now

How to grow potatoes in bags and pots: easy step-by-step guide

March 10, 2020 by Catherine 40 Comments

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It's potato planting time! If you'd like learn how to grow potatoes in bags, this guide covers everything you need to know. As well as a guide to growing potatoes in bags and pots, there's an explanation of the different potato varieties and tips on the best potatoes to grow in containers. Growing potatoes in bags and pots I think it's impossible to beat the taste of homegrown new potatoes, and they're not difficult to grow at all. ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Allotment, Containers, Crops, Food, Garden, gardening, Grow Your Own, Harvest, Homegrown, Planting, Potatoes, Spring, Top Tips, Vegetables

Gardening Calendar: What to Plant in April

March 9, 2020 by Catherine 1 Comment

spring blossom

If you’re keen to sow, grow and plant things this month, here are some ideas for what to plant in April. April is when things really start to get going in the garden. The soil is warming up, the risk of frost is much lower, and there's lots of planting to be done! Flowers to plant in April Bedding plant & hardy annual seeds April is a good time to sow seeds for hardy annuals and summer bedding plants. Growing these plants from ...

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Filed Under: What to Plant Now Tagged With: Allotment, April, bulbs, Crops, Flowers, Garden, Grow Your Own, growing from seed, Homegrown, Planting, Plants, Seeds, Spring, Vegetables, What to plant now, Wildflowers

Gardening in February: jobs to tackle this month

February 4, 2020 by Catherine 5 Comments

birth flowers february primroses

Here's your one-stop resource for gardening in February. If you're struggling to carve out time to stay on top of the garden, or just need some help with what to focus on each month, this is a great place to start. You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. While January was a low-input month in the garden, we spent a lot of time planning, sketching and dreaming. Now the end of winter is temptingly in sight, ...

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Filed Under: Garden jobs this month Tagged With: 10 minute gardener, 10 minute jobs, Activity, Allotment, Containers, Crops, Family, February, Garden, Garden maintenance, Garden tips, Garden tools, gardening, Gardening with children, Homegrown, Maintenance, Planning, Plants, Potatoes, Seeds, Tools, Top Tips, Vegetables, Winter

How to grow garlic: a step-by-step guide

October 24, 2019 by Catherine 14 Comments

what to plant in october - garlic

Would you like to find out how to grow garlic?  It's such an easy crop to grow! Growing garlic doesn't take up much space, it's not very fussy, and there are lots of different varieties available for you to experiment with.  It's also a great crop to involve children with too, because it's easy and fun to plant. How to grow your own garlic If you're thinking "This all sounds great - so how do I grow garlic?", you're in the ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Autumn, bulbs, container gardening, Crops, Food, gardening, Garlic, Grow Your Own, Planting, Top Tips, Vegetables

Grow Your Own for kids: how to grow salad

May 20, 2019 by Catherine 4 Comments

how to grow salad with children

Over the last few years my kids have got involved with lots of different aspects of gardening; they've sown seeds, harvested crops, dug, planted, watered, weeded and simply played in the mud.  They love all of it, but if you asked them what their favourite gardening job was, they'd say growing plants from seeds every time. I can understand why.  There's just something so magical about planting a seed, watering it, and watching a tiny little ...

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Filed Under: Gardening with Children Tagged With: Activity, Children, Containers, Crops, Family, Food, Garden, gardening, Gardening with children, Grow Your Own, Homegrown, Outdoors, Planting, Plants, Seeds, Top Tips, Vegetables

Gardening Calendar: What to Plant in May

May 2, 2019 by Catherine 6 Comments

comparing the effects of using baby bio outdoor plant food on summer container plants

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

What to plant now – Container Vegetables

April 2, 2019 by Catherine 6 Comments

what container vegetables to plant in april beetroot

So we’re into April - which means the growing season is well and truly underway and you can really get cracking with sowing seeds. You may not have an allotment or a large vegetable plot in the garden, but there are lots of vegetables that can be grown really successfully in containers.  Here are my top container vegetables to plant this month. Carrots Carrots have a bit of a reputation for being tricky to grow, because they don’t like ...

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Filed Under: What to Plant Now Tagged With: Children, Containers, Crops, Food, Grow Your Own, Planting, Plants, Salad, Seeds, Spring, Top Tips, Vegetables

How to grow radish

November 27, 2018 by Catherine Leave a Comment

what to plant in september - radishes

Radish can really perk up a salad, and it's speed of growth makes it great to grow with children too.  This guest post has lots of tips to help you get a bumper harvest. Radish is very easy to grow, and doesn't need any complicated care measures. It handles low temperatures well and the vegetation period is short, so it is perfect for cultivation in early spring, although you may also sow it at the end of summer for the autumn harvest. Site ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Crops, Food, Garden, gardening, Grow Your Own, Outdoors, Planting, Plants, Radish, Seeds, Top Tips, Vegetables

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