Grow
Grow
Grow your own food in the UK climate. Vegetables, fruit and herbs, month by month, with the methods that actually work on British soil.
This is where we cover growing your own in the UK. Vegetables, fruit trees, herbs and mushrooms, whether you've got an allotment, a raised bed or a windowsill. Expect climate-matched varieties and a real month-by-month calendar, not the American canon of okra and melons that struggles here.
Britain's growing window runs roughly eight months end to end, nine in the south, and the crops that actually thrive here are the ones our grandparents grew because they had no choice. Potatoes, brassicas, peas, beans, alliums, and a wall of soft fruit. We've built guides around what genuinely works: raised beds for heavy clay, dwarfing rootstocks for a two-metre apple, and sowing dates that suit our wet springs rather than a Californian one.
In-depth grow guides.
Growing Parsley in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Kale in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Lettuce in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Coriander in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Leeks in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Redcurrants in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Broad Beans in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Blackcurrants in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Peas in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Beetroot in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Blueberries in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
9 min read
Growing Runner Beans in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Gooseberries in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Carrots in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Raspberries in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Rhubarb in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Strawberries in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Courgettes in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
How to Make Compost at Home in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing Onions in the UK: Sets, Sowing and Storing
8 min read
Growing Garlic in the UK: A Complete Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Seed Saving for Beginners in the UK: How to Save Your Own Seeds
9 min read
Crop rotation in the UK: a simple beginner's guide
8 min read
Companion planting in the UK: what actually works
9 min read
Mulching your garden in the UK: a complete guide
8 min read
Growing Mushrooms at Home in the UK: A Beginner's Guide
8 min read
Growing tomatoes in the UK: a complete beginner's guide
9 min read
Growing Potatoes in the UK: From Chitting to Harvest
9 min read
How to Get an Allotment in the UK
8 min read
Growing fruit trees in a UK garden
8 min read
How to grow salad leaves year-round on a UK windowsill
5 min read
The UK garlic planting calendar
5 min read
Growing potatoes in containers: the UK month-by-month guide
6 min read
Growing brassicas without traditional netting in the UK
5 min read
Growing tomatoes outdoors in the UK: a variety guide
6 min read
The easiest first vegetables to grow in the UK
6 min read
Drying and storing homegrown herbs. UK kitchen guide
6 min read
How to grow mint in containers without it taking over
5 min read
How to grow rosemary in UK clay (without losing it)
6 min read
The best herbs for a British windowbox
6 min read
How to keep indoor basil alive past August in the UK
6 min read
Four perennial herbs every UK garden needs (and how to plant them)
7 min read
No-dig on heavy British clay: the complete beginner's guide
9 min read
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