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February

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Growing Veg

How To Sow Chilli Pepper Seeds For Maximum Germination

ByAlex Smith 07/01/202511/02/2025

Growing your own chilli peppers is one of the most effective and easiest ways of saving money on groceries. This guide will help you sow chilli pepper seeds at home and maximise germination so you can grow as many chillies as possible!

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Growing Veg

How To Start An Organic Vegetable Garden From Scratch

ByAlex Smith 17/11/202419/11/2024

Few things are more satisfying than picking fresh, clean, organic food that you’ve grown yourself, washing it off…

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Growing Veg

How To Sow Tomato Seeds For Maximum Germination

ByAlex Smith 20/06/202418/11/2024

Nothing tastes better than home-grown tomatoes. This guide will help you sow tomato seeds at home and maximise germination so you can grow as many tomatoes as possible!

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Growing Veg

How To Speed Up Germination

ByAlex Smith 19/06/202419/06/2024

You can make seeds germinate faster including soaking, sowing seeds indoors and providing the right environment. This article will show you how to carry out each step so that you can speed up germination.

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Growing Veg

Increase Germination Rates By Making The Best Seed Starting Mix

ByAlex Smith 18/06/202420/01/2025

Using the best seed starting mix is the easiest way of improving germination rates. In this article I share my recipe and run germination tests on 5 different vegetable seeds.

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Garden Equipment

Are Plastic Greenhouses Any Good?

ByAlex Smith 18/05/202419/11/2024

Plastic greenhouses are a great way of extending your growing season but they aren’t without issue. Are they worth the money or do the problems outweigh the benefits?

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Garden Equipment

Storm-Proof Your Plastic Greenhouse: 5 Ways To Make Sure It Stays Standing Strong

ByAlex Smith 17/05/202412/06/2024

Protect your plastic greenhouse from strong winds using tips shared by hundreds of gardeners and years of my own personal experience

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Tomato seedlings leaning in from either side towards an LED strip light at the top
Growing Veg | Garden Equipment

Are Cheap Grow Lights Bright Enough For Tomato Seedlings?

ByAlex Smith 08/02/202419/06/2024

Under the right conditions, some cheap LED grow lights can provide your tomato seedlings with the extra light…

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Vegetable Seeds To Sow In February (lettuce, radish, tomato, aubergine, peppers, onion, etc) scattered on a canvas sheet
Growing Veg

Vegetable Seeds To Sow In February

ByAlex Smith 08/02/202425/01/2025

Often gardeners are wrongly told February is too early to sow veg seeds, but you can sow so much right now so here’s a list of what you can sow in February.

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