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Gardening is a lesson in patience, but it’s natural to want to enjoy the fruits (or vegetables) of your labor as soon as possible. Fast-growing vegetables are a great way to do just that and are perfect for eager beginner gardeners. Many greens and some root vegetables will be ready to harvest in just 30…
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Small garden overhead We’re always on the lookout for ingenious small garden ideas – who’s got space to waste these days? And we just found our next source of gardening inspiration thanks to B&Q and its Gardener of the Year competition. Running for its third year awarding one lucky gardening enthusiast, this year Bristol-based Matthew…
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Warmer weather means there are lots of vegetables to plant in April – and many can be sown directly outdoors, reducing time and effort. So, if you love the idea of growing your own delicious harvests this year, now’s the time to dust off your trowel. Growing fresh produce from seed (or from seed potatoes,…
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Whether you’re after a colourful display of sweet peas in the garden or are growing a crop of climbing runner beans on an allotment, knowing how to make a wigwam support for vertical planting will come in super-handy all-round. Growing crops upwards instead of across the ground is a brilliant space-saver that will allow you…
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It may be cold out, but it’s a good time to get certain vegetables growing in the garden – and a home gardener has shared a common one that you can sow now for a bountiful harvest next spring Rahima Miah Social News Reporter 15:05, 15 Oct 2025 One popular vegetable can be grown in…
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We’re always on the lookout for ingenious small garden ideas – who’s got space to waste these days? And we just found our next source of gardening inspiration thanks to B&Q and its Gardener of the Year competition. Running for its third year awarding one lucky gardening enthusiast, this year Bristol-based Matthew Symonds nabbed the…
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“Last year, the vegetables were a disaster. The slugs had the time of their lives,” says Jo Whiley, recalling every gardener’s worst nightmare. “Everything I planted got eaten. Snails went on the rampage, too. I’d come home from work and go out into the veg patch and see this black, oozy sea of mess. “It…
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Award-winning landscape designer Tom Massey talks to House Beautiful about making the switch from animation to garden design, creating greener spaces, and his tiny courtyard garden in London. Tom will be at Chelsea Flower Show 2025, teaming up once again with architect Je Ahn for the innovative, AI-enabled Avanade Intelligent Garden. I’ve always been intrigued…
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It is not in my nature to be the purveyor of doom and gloom. I am a dyed-in-the-wool optimist. Gardeners, we are told, differ from farmers in that they always think next year will be better; farmers know it will be worse. For both cultivators of the earth, there were lessons learned over the past…
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Strawberries, chillies and peppers could be grown outside a council building to increase access to fresh food. The plans to grow vegetables and fruit in the flower beds outside Leeds Civic Hall in Millennium Square are being drawn up by councillors after the suggestion was made last September. Mohammed Rafique, executive member for environment, said…