growing vegetables in pots uk

How to Grow Vegetables in the UK: A Practical Beginner’s Guide

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How to grow vegetables in the UK featured image showing a healthy vegetable garden

Growing your own vegetables sounds simple when you first picture it. You imagine a few neat rows, steady green growth, and a basket of fresh produce coming back into the kitchen week after week. In some ways, it really can be that rewarding. But in real UK gardens, vegetables do not grow well just because … Read more

Can You Grow Vegetables in Pots in the UK? (What Actually Works)

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Vegetables growing in pots on a sunny UK patio including tomatoes, lettuce and herbs in containers

When I started gardening in Oxfordshire over twenty years ago, my first proper vegetables were not in a bed at all. They were in a row of cheap plastic pots along a sunny bit of patio, because that was all the space I had. I made nearly every container mistake going that first year, but … Read more