• Index Digital | Tend It Like Beckham – Top Tips On Growing Your Own Veg

    Article by Index Digital Team | 12th August 2025 Gardening experts share top tips on how to grow your own at home. Image Photo by Andy Song on Unsplash Following recent glimpses into footballing legend David Beckham’s garden-to-table lifestyle, the UK has seen a surge of interest in growing your own veg at home, with searches…

  • Kitchen gardens – 10 steps to grow veg in your backyard

    A thriving kitchen garden is something to be proud of. A place to grow your own – whether you’re vegetable gardening in raised beds, pots, from seed, or not, there is nothing better than using the freshest ingredients for the kitchen table, straight from your own backyard.  Homegrown produce is not only tastier and healthier…

  • 12 Never-Skip Gardening Tips From Master Gardeners

    Essential Expert Gardening Tips Taking care of plants in a garden is kind of like raising kids. You’ve got to feed them, keep them safe and give them plenty of room to grow! Here are the most important responsibilities every plant owner needs to be aware of, along with expert gardening tips on how to…

  • Gardening Guide – Palia Guide

    While you may have just materialized from the pink void into the fantastical world of Palia, you can’t rely on your Kilima Valley neighbors charity forever. Now that you have been provided with a Housing Plot, it’s up to you to turn all that land into money. What better way to start earning a little…

  • Ikea launches hydroponic indoor gardening kit

    With a pretty shoddy climate, rain in the summer and snow at Easter, the UK seasons are unpredictable to say the least. But fear not, Ikea has come up with a solution to beat those water-logged rose beds and frost-bitten bushes – grow your own indoor garden all year round. (Image credit: Ikea) Growing delicate…

  • Why You Should Consider A Prairie-Style Yard—And How to Start One

    When Benjamin Vogt and his wife, Jaclyn, moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, their suburban property matched their neighbors’—a lot of lawn. Vogt filled front borders with astilbe, hosta and other go-to perennials. Over time, as he explored local prairies on walks, he began adding natives like blazing stars and asters. But the real philosophy switch happened…

  • 61 Privacy Fence Ideas to Stylishly Seclude Your Outdoor Sanctuary

    Your home should be the place where you feel the most relaxed, but you might be in need of some privacy fence ideas if your exposed backyard is making it hard to truly unwind. “Privacy fencing, either along a property line or around a specific area in your garden, creates a sense of sanctuary, seclusion,…

  • How to create an Instagram garden –Instagram garden ideas

    Refreshing your garden and nurturing the plants and flowers within it can take time, especially for those wanting to capture enviable garden snaps for their Instagram. As the nation continues to self-isolate at home and the weather sun continues to smile down on us, people are spending and more time in their gardens. With many…

  • Watch: South Belfast ‘garden alley’ features on RTE and BBC gardening show with Diarmuid Gavin

    “Once we started bringing stuff out, other people joined, and the community developed organically.” 15:11, 21 Jul 2020Updated 11:16, 12 Dec 2020 Tom Clarke lives on Ardmore Avenue, just off Ormeau Road A South Belfast alley, which was transformed into a garden paradise during lockdown, has been featuring in a new gardening programme with Diarmuid…

  • Best Plants And Veggies To Grow For 2026

    If you’re looking to start the year green-fingered, January in Mackay is ideal for planting heat-loving vegetables and tropical plants that thrive in summer conditions. For vegetables, think fast-growing and resilient. Tomatoes, capsicum, eggplant, and cucumbers flourish in the tropical heat with plenty of sunlight and consistent watering. Herbs like basil, coriander, lemongrass, and mint…