Welcome! Here you’ll find easy-to-follow tutorials and practical advice for growing fresh herbs and vegetables year-round. Wherever you’re starting from – one pot, a sunny windowsill, or if you have many vegetable beds to fill – we’ll keep it simple and help you grow your kitchen garden with confidence.
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When the borders turn grey, and the herb beds fall silent, basil can make a cheerful return indoors from seed….
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Get Veg and Herb Beds Ready for Spring (while it’s still winter)
Winter can feel like a dead stop in the garden. The beds are quiet, the days are short, and any…
Grow Basil Indoors in Winter – A Practical Guide
When the borders turn grey, and the herb beds fall silent, basil can make a cheerful return indoors from seed….
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A sunroom is a beautiful place to relax, soak up sunlight, and enjoy indoor nature. One key feature of a…
How to Lay New Grass with a Stepping Stone Path
Creating a beautiful path in your garden can be a rewarding and satisfying project. Whether you’re looking to enhance the…
Why you should start hot peppers from seed
I will just say it. Peppers, especially hot peppers, are the new tomatoes and will, before long, grow in most…
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Learn how you can have fresh greens and herbs year-round! Articles and guides on how to grow, harvest, and preserve herbs and garden vegetables.
How to grow herbs
Growing herbs from seeds or seedlings does not have to be complicated.
Our easy-to-follow guides will help you grow and harvest herbs sooner than you think. Level up your kitchen game.
Growing garden vegetables
Use our easy-to-follow tips, tricks, and guides to grow and harvest garden vegetables.
We show you how to grow vegetables in pots, containers, greenhouses, and vegetable gardens. Let’s grow some food.
Plant care
Learn to look after herbs, vegetables, and plants for healthy growth and plentiful harvests.
We take an organic, sustainable approach to all the plants we grow and harvest. Learn more.
Hydroponics
Follow our step-by-step guides into the world of hydroponics and growing without soil.
Learn to build DIY Deep Water Culture, Grow Buckets, or Ebb and Flow hydroponic grow systems, and more. Dive right in.
Growing mediums
Most gardeners use soil to grow herbs and vegetables.
Learn how to mix soil, make homemade DIY grow bags, and use other mediums or substrates. Let’s get our hands dirty.
Gardening projects & experiments
Now and then, we get an idea.
Read about projects such as how to grow tomatoes and avocado trees from supermarket produce. Let’s get creative.