Our Grow Your Own Food Blogs

October is the month when the vegetable garden starts deciding what's for dinner. By now, the leisurely summer business of...

October is a satisfying month in the vegetable garden. There may not be much sunbathing involved, admittedly. By now, a...

There is something quietly satisfying about finding a second purpose for an ordinary object. A yoghurt pot becomes a home...

September can feel like the beginning of the end in the cut flower garden. Dahlias are still producing armfuls of...

There comes a point every September when the tomato grower begins negotiating with the weather. You stand beside the plants,...

There comes a moment in late summer when the onion bed begins to look as though it has simply given...

There is a point in late summer when the hedgerows begin to change. Blackberries deepen from hard green beads to...

By September, the runner bean plants have usually forgotten all sense of restraint. Their leaves have climbed over the tops...

There is something wonderfully satisfying about digging potatoes. The fork goes into the soil, the earth lifts and, one by...

By late summer, the vegetable garden begins to acquire gaps. The first potatoes have been lifted, leaving behind beautifully crumbly...

There comes a moment in the vegetable garden when you realise that summer is beginning to loosen its grip. The...

September has a habit of feeling like an ending. There is a coolness to the mornings that wasn't there a...

There is a moment every gardener knows. It might be the first pea picked straight from the pod, sweet enough...

There is something wonderfully satisfying about stepping outside with a basket in your hand and returning with the ingredients for...

There is something wonderfully exciting about growing your own food. The moment a tiny green shoot appears from the soil...

There is something rather wonderful about knowing exactly where your food has come from. A lettuce picked moments before lunch....

There is a moment every gardener looks forward to. You step outside on a warm morning, basket in hand, and...

There are few sights that capture the abundance of a summer garden quite like a row of runner beans climbing...

Every gardener knows the moment. You check the vegetable patch one morning and discover that the courgettes you were carefully...

There is something deeply satisfying about preparing a meal with ingredients gathered from the garden. A bowl of freshly picked...