5 Best Blackberry Canes To Grow Bursting With Vitamin C (Review) 2021 Reuben Black Butte Apache Brilliant Blackberry Canes Vitamin C, vitamin C – it’s absolutely crucial to our health, … Read more
The 10 Best Loppers For Pruning (Review) 2020 Spear and Jackson Razorsharp Grüntek Anvil Pruning Loppers Fiskars PowerGear Lopper The Best Loppers for Pruning Planning on doing a bit of … Read more
The Best Broad Beans to Sow (Review) 2021 Broad Bean- Masterpiece Green Broad Bean Meter Bean Broad Bean – The Sutton Best Broad Beans to Sow in Spring Ever tried … Read more
7 Greenhouse Vents ForTemperature Control (Review) 2021 Gardening-Naturally Auto Vent Opener Bayliss XL Auto Vent Opener Thermoforce Auto Greenhouse Vent Opener Are you struggling to keep the temperature and … Read more
5 Best & Easy to Grow Strawberry Plants Strawberry Full Season Collection Cambridge Favorite Just Add Cream The Best Strawberry Plants Is there anything quite as delicious on a warm … Read more
5 Garden Cloches To Best Protect Seedlings Haxnicks Bell Victorian Bell King Stewart 2452002 The best garden cloches Are you in the process of bringing young plants out of the … Read more
6 Best Seed Mats To Improve Seed Germination ROOT!T Hobby 60W Heat Mat RINBO Seedling Heat Mat LERWAY Seedling Heat Mat The Best Seedling Mats Are you getting into seed … Read more
5 Best & Easy To Grow Raspberry Canes Glen Ample Autumn Bliss Polka The Best Raspberry Canes Raspberries are some of the tastiest deep red fruit you’ll find growable in … Read more
The Best Garden Wheelbarrows&Wheelbarrow Trolleys Yard Wheelbarrow VonHaus Yelding So, I hear you all ask, what is a hand-propelled vehicle? Well, the hand-propelled vehicle is a great friend of the … Read more
Polytunnels to Ensurea Bumper Crop (Reviewed 2021) Birchtree Greenhouse Polytunnel VonHaus Polytunnel Greenhouse Outsunny Steel Frame Poly Tunnel The Best Garden Polytunnels Ever thought of setting up an easy to … Read more
The Best First Early Potatoes (Review) 2021 Arran Pilot Lady Christl Rocket Best First Early Potatoes It’s safe to say that there are more than a few different varieties of … Read more
The 10 Best Garden Forks (Review) 2021 Gardena ErgoLine Digging Fork Fiskars Ergonomic Garden Fork Kent and Stowe VBPHUKA1091 The Best Garden Forks ? If there’s any kind of staple … Read more
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Now Autumn is here, I’ve begun the process of clearing down my veg beds. Even on the smallest of plots, there can be a wide range of plants that need … Read more
The soil is king, and its health and fertility are vital for good crops. The squashes went mad because the soil has been amazingly fertile. The other crops that did … Read more
I referenced my most read blog post in Real Men Sow history – 8 Beginner’s Tips for Greenhouse Growing – and how flying in the face of that advice had … Read more
As I continue with the development of my new veg garden in Somerset (it’s a lot bigger job than I first thought!), I’m starting to consider where I want to … Read more
The bountiful, beautiful tomato harvest in the greenhouse is one of the highlights of the growing year. Big, juicy, and incredibly tasty, a homegrown tom knocks the socks off the … Read more
Growing parsley outdoors has gone bonkers and seeing all the leaves going to waste bothered me, so I began hunting the web for a parsley pesto recipe. I found a … Read more
I’m a raised bed convertee, having used this growing system exclusively on my previous veg patch, and I’m beginning to build beds in our new garden in Somerset. There are … Read more
Growing sweetcorn plants do take up a lot of space, so if your growing area is limited you might not necessarily want to fill it with big, dominating sweetcorn plants. … Read more
Living in Essex, I learnt a lot about watering. It’s one of the driest places in England, and being predominantly clay soil, I needed to be on top of my … Read more
Now, I’m about as far from a renovating Restoration Man hero as you could possibly get, but one thing I do like is an old greenhouse refurb. At my previous … Read more
Buying seedlings is an ace way of filling gaps in your growing programme, whether you’re trying to save time and focus on certain crops or pests that have taken out … Read more
I’ve posted several times excusing the relative inactivity on the blog recently, blaming factors including our relocation to Somerset and fatherhood. However, I can now reveal the main reason:
Vegetable Growing – A Money-Saving Guide, by me, Jono Stevens, in shops May 4th or available to pre-order on Amazon now.
I’ve uploaded the introduction to give you an idea of what’s in the book, and should your interest be sufficiently spiked, you can download it by clicking here.
In the midst of moving, I realized that the most creative gardening tip I could give right now is growing vegetables in a small space. My growing space was effectively … Read more
August, hey? Just where has the year gone? If like me, this year has left you floundering under the problems of slugaggeddon, rubbish Spring weather, and slow ripening tomatoes, you … Read more
Last week, my friend asked me if I had any thoughts on dwarf vegetables to grow in a new raised bed she had finished building. This struck a chord with … Read more
Seedlings care goes much further than flinging a few snails out of the shed. Us gardeners are currently in a critical period for caring and planting seedlings well. This is … Read more
On Thursday Andrew asked me via Twitter if I was going to write one “What to Plant in April?” blog for fellow gardeners who want to make the best out … Read more
If like me, you sow predominantly into pots, you’ll be stocking up on bags of multi-purpose compost now. A decent multi-purpose compost is vital to a successful sowing season and … Read more
Seed germination can be a source of great joy or great frustration. There is nothing quite like a tiny seedling forcing its way up through your soil. Most seeds are … Read more
If you ever wondered about how to plant raspberry canes, you’ve come to the right place. Many growing guides will advise that Autumn raspberry canes don’t need any support, but … Read more
The greenhouse is one of the absolute best places to be at the moment. I know it’s winter, but the weather is amazingly mild and the inside of a greenhouse … Read more
I’ve been a big fan of Dalek compost bins ever since someone kindly left one outside our allotment shop, ‘free to a good home’. Not one to turn down a … Read more
I do enjoy the onset of winter. I love the seasonal change, the cosy evenings in front of the wood burner, and the chance to put my feet up and … Read more
The blackfly showed up on my vegetable patch. This was earlier than I’d been expecting, and interestingly they’d made a beeline for my overwintered broad beans. I don’t normally overwinter … Read more
Just as I was going to harvest my ripe strawberries, I found a big hole on the underside of the fruit. On closer inspection, I’m finding the hole frequented by … Read more
Oh, weeds. The sun is out, and the weeds are back. Weeding tasks seem to be endless when we are planting in our allotment. Winter had lulled me into a … Read more
This week, the nice people at nearby Recycle for Essex plugged my blog on their Facebook page. Being far too kind, they said some very generous things but moreover got … Read more
Hardening off plants is a crucial step for your sowing to lead to a great harvest. This week, I tweeted about slipping my mangetout outside to acclimatise, or ‘harden off’. … Read more
I’m a little late to the party this year, but I’m finally getting round to planning my plot. I’ve been out with the tape measure, double-checking the size of my … Read more
When I first started gardening, growing mangetout peas in my garden was one of the first pea plant seeds on my shopping list. Every allotment holder and GYOer grows peas, … Read more
Is there really anything we can sow now? Planting vegetables in February sounds very challenging but it surely pays off during the Spring. Deciding which vegetable seeds to sow first. … Read more
Christmas, of course, is an awesome time of year, and also one of the very best times to have an allotment. There is nothing quite like sharing all your hard-earned … Read more
Although I’ve been singing the praises of taking an early winter break from allotmenteering, I have allowed myself a few forays down the plot, and one of these little excursions … Read more
Freezing vegetables for eating during the winter is a great way of adding variation to your diet. It’s a good money saver too, as out-of-season vegetables are expensive to buy … Read more
Rhubarb is one of my favourite allotment crops. Therefore, it’s important we look after our rhubarb crowns to ensure as good a Spring crop as we can. Plants are very … Read more
I picked up my overwintering onion sets from the allotment shop at the weekend, ready to go in the ground over the next few days. I like overwintering onions, as … Read more
