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Gardening How To’s Archive. Here are all of my gardening how to guides.

How To Make A Worm Farm

how to make a worm farm

I’ve been looking into how to make a worm farm for some time now, and I thought I’d share my research and set up with you. First let’s look into why make a worm farm, as this is a question I’m sure many will be asking. Why Make A Worm Farm? What are the benefits of making a worm farm and what are the benefits of keeping worms? Valid questions, which I’ll attempt to answer as fully as I can. First let’s look at worms and what they do. How Do Worms Benefit The Garden? In an effort to keep… → Read More

How To grow Tomatoes From Tomatoes

how to grow tomatoes from a tomato

Back in June, I got some cherry plum tomatoes from a local store and they were particularly tasty. There was no variety on the packaging and I really wanted to grow my own. That got me thinking is it possible to grow tomatoes from tomatoes. I’ve saved my own seed for years now with great success, but that requires drying out the seed etc… So my plan was to actually just bury slices of tomato in soil and hope they sprout. This is the story of my journey and how it went. For tips on how to save seed click… → Read More

What Does It Mean When Strawberries Don’t Flower?

What Does It Mean When Strawberries Don't Flower?

You spend ages researching the type of strawberry plant you’d like to grow. Wait for them to come through the post, or appear in the garden centre. Get them home, plant them, but they don’t flower, what does it mean when strawberries don’t flower? You made sure the soil conditions were right by adding compost or well rotted manure, watered your plants as needed. But all you have to show for your hard work is leaves, healthy green leaves, but no flowers. What Does It Mean When Strawberries Don’t Flower? To fully answer this question we need to look at… → Read More

Kratky Hydroponics System Explained

Kratky Hydroponics System Explained

I’m always on the look out for new ways to grow vegetables, and I’ve recently heard a lot about hydroponics. I’ve been looking at all different systems, and the most convenient for my purposes looks like the Kratky method. Once I had the Kratky hydroponics system explained to me I decided to have a go at it. Hydroponic Systems Explained As far as I can tell, there are 3 main methods of hydroponic growth systems so let’s have a quick look at them all and see what differences there are. Aquaponics An aquaponic system uses the waste from fish or… → Read More

Easy Vegetables To Grow In Pots

Easy Vegetables To Grow In Pots

Not everyone has a large garden or allotment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t grow your own vegetables. There are many easy vegetables to grow in pots and in this post you’ll find the easiest. Even if you’ve never grown anything in your life, after reading this I guarantee you’ll be able to harvest your own home grown healthy vegetables. Easy Vegetables To Grow In Pots Some of the following are very easy to grow and some take slightly more care, so let’s start with the easiest and work up to the slightly more difficult. A quick word about seed… → Read More

How To Grow Vegetables Indoors (Beginners Indoor Gardening)

How To Grow Vegetables Indoors (Beginners Indoor Gardening)

Growing vegetables indoors is a great way to get cheap organic food for your family, without having to have a large garden or allotment. Many people get into indoor gardening because they simply don’t have the space outside to grow vegetables. But it’s not just people lacking in space, it’s also people who don’t want to give up gardening throughout the winter. Because unlike conventional gardening, indoor gardening can be done throughout the whole year! In this article, you’ll find everything you need to know about indoor gardening and a few different indoor gardening options you can try out today…. → Read More

How To Grow Garlic

How To Grow Garlic

Although garlic takes a fair while to grow, it’s worth the wait. Fresh home grown garlic tastes amazing, so much better than shop bought garlic. It’s not a hard crop to look after, so let’s look at how to grow garlic. How To Grow Garlic Garlic is relatively easy to grow, in fact under normal conditions once planted garlic pretty much thrives on neglect. The secret as with most crops is soil preparation, for garlic to grow properly it needs loose, free draining, fertile soil. Fork in some well rotted manure or compost a couple of weeks before planting. You… → Read More

How To Freeze Peas Without Blanching

How To Freeze Peas Without Blanching

Fresh garden peas taste so much better than shop bought peas but sadly that just picked taste doesn’t last for long. A good way to keep your peas tasting just as sweet as they did when they were first picked is to freeze them. Let’s look at how to freeze peas without blanching. What Is Blanching And What Does It Do? The process of blanching is simply placing the peas into boiling water and then plunging them into ice cold water before freezing. Blanching removes certain enzymes from the peas, these enzymes will cause the peas to start to rot,… → Read More

How To Freeze Peas (An Easy Step By Step Guide)

How To Freeze Peas

Nothing beats the taste of fresh garden peas, especially if they’re home grown. If you have a glut of fresh peas then you need to find a way to store them. In this post I’ll show you how to freeze peas and preserve that just picked taste. How To Freeze Peas The first thing to decide is how long you want to keep them, if it’s between 6-8 weeks they can be frozen without being blanched. If you want to store your frozen peas beyond 8 weeks then they need to be blanched. When Is The Best Time To Pick… → Read More