Herbs
How to Grow Sage at Home in the UK
Grow sage in the UK — a hardy, evergreen Mediterranean shrub for sunny spots and pots, with tips on planting, watering, pruning, varieties and surviving wet winters.
19 min read
Free · UK-focused · Beginner-friendly
Grow your own food, simply.
Free, practical, beginner-friendly guides to growing food at home in the UK — vegetables, fruit, herbs, and the tools to plan your plot.
What do you want to grow?
Every one of them starts the same way — a seed in the dark, a root down, a shoot up. 231 guides across nine sections take it from there, all written for UK gardens and UK weather.
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Vegetables
How to Grow Broad Beans at Home in the UK
Grow broad beans in the UK — autumn and spring sowing, supporting the plants, pinching out for blackfly, and picking tender beans from one of the easiest crops.
14 min read
Vegetables
How to Grow Broccoli at Home in the UK
Grow broccoli in the UK — calabrese and purple sprouting types, raising firm plants, beating cabbage white caterpillars, and cutting heads and side-shoots.
14 min read
Vegetables
How to Grow Cabbage at Home in the UK
Grow cabbage in the UK — spring, summer and winter types for year-round heads, with firm planting, pest netting, and beating clubroot and caterpillars.
14 min read
Vegetables
How to Grow Cucumbers at Home in the UK
Grow cucumbers in the UK — greenhouse and outdoor ridge types, sowing, training and feeding, and a steady crop of crisp cucumbers all summer.
14 min read
Vegetables
How to Grow Peppers and Chillies in the UK
Grow sweet peppers and chillies in the UK — sowing early, the warmth they need, feeding for a heavy crop, and ripening fruit from a windowsill or greenhouse.
14 min read
Free growing tools
11 free planners, calculators and playable planters to help you plan your plot — every one is live and ready to use. Pick one and start growing.
The tools answer the questions the guides raise: how deep the pot, how far apart the rows, how much compost, when the frosts stop where you live. Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.