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Growing at home: from Spring to Summer
What to grow from April to June We’ve finally entered spring! The days are getting longer, temperatures are rising, and the first warm...
Mar 244 min read
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How to Prepare Your Herbs for Winter
As the cold, brisk days of winter begin to set in, your herb garden will need to be prepped for the season. To ensure the survival of...
Nov 7, 20233 min read
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5 Top Tips for Balcony Gardening
Balcony gardens have unique environmental conditions which make growing plants on them a little less straightforward than growing in a tradi
Apr 9, 20217 min read
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Growing your own in March: a beginners guide to sowing outdoors
All across the UK we’re getting glimpses of Spring with warmer, longer and sunnier days! In my previous blog I covered sowing seeds...
Mar 12, 20217 min read
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What to Grow at Home in February and March: Growing Your Own
What to grow in February and early March It’s that time of the year again, the days are getting longer and warmer as spring approaches....
Feb 24, 20215 min read
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Food for Thought: What are the benefits of eating locally grown food?
Have you ever been told to buy locally grown food? You may wonder if it is worth going out of your way to do so. In today’s blog I’m...
Jul 8, 20205 min read
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Five easy ways to make your garden bee-friendly!
This week’s blog is all about bees and how we can make our gardens more friendly for these little critters! More and more of us are...
Jun 25, 20206 min read
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8 Top Tips for Growing Tomatoes
Tomatoes are a home-growing staple, there are so many varieties to choose from and their reward is delicious! One of our team members,...
Jun 18, 20206 min read
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6 Easy Ways To Tell If Your Plants Need Watering
Watering your plants correctly is one of the most important factors in keeping them healthy. We frequently get asked how to know when a...
Jun 11, 20205 min read
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How to Keep Supermarket Herbs Alive: 5 Top Tips
Remember to choose healthy plants, repot them into fresh potting mix in larger pots, split up overcrowded plants, water them regularly and h
May 29, 20206 min read
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How To Grow Plants In A Water Bottle!
Learn how to grow plants in a water bottle! This simple hydroponic system only takes 10 minutes to make.
May 21, 20206 min read
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10 Plants You Can Regrow From Kitchen Scraps
This article is going to show you how to regrow 10+ plants from food scraps. It's great because you can grow fresh new leaves or even...
May 14, 20207 min read
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How to build your own hydroponic system: a beginners guide
Interested in hydroponics but don’t know where to start? Learn how to build your own easy hydroponic system with this beginners guide
May 7, 20207 min read
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An Introduction to Propagation
In this blog we’ll be looking at the different ways that plants are propagated. Propagation is important for home growers to understand beca
Apr 17, 20206 min read
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Growing at Home: Part 3 Transplanting Your Seedlings
Dish will explain how to transplant the seedlings into both hydroponic and conventional growing environments. This will allow us to compare
Apr 9, 20204 min read
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How to Grow Microgreens: A Beginners Guide
In this blog Dish will explain how to grow microgreens, which are fast-growing and highly nutritious. The perfect crop if you want to see re
Apr 8, 20205 min read
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Growing at Home: Part 2 Sowing Seeds
In this blog Dish will explain how to sow seeds using various methods. This will include sowing seeds for a conventional herb/vegetable gard
Apr 3, 20205 min read
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Growing at home: Part 1 Methods & Environment
In this article Dish will outline popular methods for growing at home and how you can optimise your growing environment.
Apr 1, 20206 min read
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