Gardeners Guide · Grow your own Cherries are one of the most rewarding fruits you can grow in a UK garden. A healthy cherry tree can produce beautiful spring blossom followed by sweet, juicy fruit in summer, making it both productive and ornamental. The main challenge is that cherries can be a little more demanding…
Gardeners Guide · Grow your own Plums are one of the most rewarding fruit trees you can grow in a UK garden. Once established, a healthy tree can produce impressive crops of sweet, juicy fruit from late summer into early autumn. Depending on the variety, plums can be eaten straight from the tree or used…
Gardeners Guide · Grow your own Rhubarb is one of the easiest perennial crops you can grow in a UK garden. Plant it once, give it a good position and a little care each year, and it can keep producing for many years. That makes rhubarb very different from most vegetables. You don’t need to…
Gardeners Guide · Grow your own Blackberries are one of the easiest soft fruits to grow in a UK garden. They’re hardy, productive and relatively low-maintenance, and once established, a healthy plant can provide generous harvests for many years. You also don’t need to grow the huge, thorny brambles you might associate with hedgerows. Modern…
Gardeners Guide · Grow your own If you have room for only one fruit tree in your garden, an apple tree is difficult to beat. Apples grow extremely well across much of the UK, and once established, a healthy tree can provide fruit for many years. You don’t need an enormous garden either. Modern apple…
Gardeners Guide · Grow your own Raspberries are one of the best fruits you can add to a garden. Unlike annual vegetables that need starting again every spring, establish a healthy raspberry patch and it can reward you with fruit year after year. In this guide Summer or Autumn Raspberries? Where Should You Plant Raspberries?…
Gardeners Guide · Grow your own Few things beat picking a ripe strawberry straight from the garden on a warm summer day. Strawberries are sweet, productive and surprisingly easy to grow. Better still, you don’t need a large garden. They’ll happily grow in beds, raised planters, pots, hanging baskets and containers, making them a brilliant…
