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Raised beds are ideal for vegetable growing - maintenance is easier, as you don't need to dig, and the soil doesn't get walked on and compacted.A robust raised bed can be constructed from interlocking scaffolding boards, which look attractive

? Should I have different layers of materials ie Fertilizer, sand whatever as well as good compost. I intend to build a raised vegetable bed and notice that many people have placed a black membrane at the base and coming up the sides. Is this a weed

I love this weather, it's just the right mix of fresh, dewy mornings and cracking sunny afternoons. The plants seem to enjoy it too, as long as they get watered regularly.On the plot, everything is coming along nicely - the onions and shallots have plenty of young leaves, the co...

IF YOUR CHOOSING VEG YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THE ONES YOU LIKE THEN THINK ABOUT ONES YOU MAY TRY AND BUY THEM LATER. wot is the best way to grow carrots im growing some in the green house and they dont seem to be grwing Have they germinated?

Terraced grow bag's may be your answer Kate,Most new properties we have looked at have garden's to small for a grow bag let a lone a terrace,I saw a house on line in Devon with a garden like your photograph just a bit to remoat on Dart moor. Oldchippy.

For the last couple weeks I've been on something of a 'grand tour' of South America. Along the way, I've visited many gardens and seen some interesting horticultural practices. This is the first in a series of four blogs, documenting the fascinating things I've seen.In Peru, I vi...

Now the chaos of Christmas is over, I can settle down to some serious shopping. In January and February I like to get all my seed and plant orders underway; it's usually the perfect weather to stay indoors, warm and cosy, contemplating the season to come.I do an awful lot of shop...

Hi Everyone. I'm new here and new to gardening! I have a good sized veggie plot and have already planted 2nd early seed potatoes (before the snow) and put my onion sets in last week. I have runner and broad beans, carrots, spinach, cabbage and leeks planned to be sown straight i...

I was pleased with this year's Christmas harvest – much of our Christmas dinner was allotment produce. King Edward potatoes from the garage were roasted, Charlotte new potatoes from store were steamed. Greens took the form of braised leeks and, of course, the ubiquitous Brussels ...

Our christmas new potato's didn't survive even though they had been fleased for about six weeks because of the sub zero temps for days on end (end of november and december)but we'll try again next year and it toped up the compost bin and the handful we did get made lovely potato ...