What Gardeners Grow: 600 plants chosen by the world's greatest plantspeople (6) (Bloom)

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Dark days and long nights sees the arrival of November and there is relatively little to grow in the garden. While it's a good idea to grow what you like to eat, it's also worth paying attention to how easy a crop is to grow. With plenty of crisp, frosty mornings to contend with only the hardiest of vegetables can be sown outside in January. The key to successful pruning is to know when to prune, and follow guidance on how to make the cuts and shape the plant. Planning will also enable you to use colour and structure wisely, which will help you create a garden that looks great throughout the year.

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The Summer months arrive in June, long days and warm weather so this is one of the busiest times in the garden. With the risk of frost now past it’s time to take advantage of those April showers and get your vegetable patch working hard. Instead, it's best to grow crops that require little maintenance, are ready to harvest within a short time, and suffer few pests and diseases.

Watch our videos for help and advice on growing your own vegetables – including sowing techniques as well as individual profiles. Let the waste break down for a year and then use it as a mulch around the base of plants in your garden and veg patch. Also think about how long things take to grow - cabbages, for instance, are slow to mature and take up precious space all season.

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They require little attention and will provide you with a variety of flavours, colours and textures to enjoy in stir fries and salads. Feeding is also important - generally you should be looking at feeding every fortnight during growing season (that's spring and summer), although you will need to feed more if growing in containers. There are three different methods that are recognised for planting by the moon and include: Synodic, Biodynamic and Sidereal cycles. Beetroot can be sown direct into shallow drills in the soil, and are ready to harvest within a few weeks.Trees planted too deeply will never thrive, and root-balls that sit proud of the soil surface will dry out quickly, leading to the eventual death of the plant. If possible, start off vulnerable plants, such as salad leaves and courgettes, indoors, and plant them out when they’re big enough to withstand attack.

10 Easy-to-Grow Vegetables for Beginners | BBC Gardeners

With hundreds of different varieties and types to choose from growing your own vegetables can be hugely rewarding. Nevertheless, we always include them in our designs because they give body, form and, in this case as in that of many others, scent to a garden. coronarius ‘Aureas’ – which makes for a small, intensely fresh green shrub that does well in part shade. What Gardeners Grow’, a new book published by Bloom, collects into one encyclopedic volume the most treasured plants (and the stories behind them) of more than 250 gardeners.Salad leaves like rocket and oak-leaf lettuce can be sown in pots and harvested on a cut-and-come-again basis, so you don't need to tend the plants for long. Make sure you take time to weed and prepare the soil before planting, and add mulch or fertiliser where necessary.

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There are huge numbers of vegetables that can be sown now but keep track of where and when you plant your seeds. With high risks of frost in February, the depths of winter is a good time to seek solace in the sowing of seeds, knowing that spring is just around the corner. The Synodic Cycle is the simplest form of moon planting as it divides the Luna cycle into four phases. In October planting seeds for the following spring occurs, and the final harvest of the current year takes place.December brings harsh weather but you can start preparing for the Spring by sowing some crops indoors. Radish 'French Breakfast' has crisp, oval, red and white roots while 'Scarlet Globe' is bright scarlet with white flesh. Composting kitchen and garden waste is good for the environment, wildlife, your purse and also your garden.