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5 articles across 1 section: Guides.

Two courgette plants in a raised bed with small fruits under the leaves and a trug of picked ones
GuidesStep-by-step guide6 min read

How to Grow Courgettes

How to grow courgettes and zucchini: how many to plant, why the first fruits rot, hand pollination, and picking small enough to keep the plant producing.

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Row of peas gripping twiggy prunings and netting with well filled pods and a colander of picked pods
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

How to Grow Peas

How to grow peas that crop before the mildew. Why early sowing beats late, support even for dwarf varieties, and picking from the bottom of the plant up.

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Strawberry bed in full crop with ripe fruit resting on straw and netting held clear on hoops
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

How to Grow Strawberries

How to grow strawberries properly. Why plants decline after three years, how runners give you free replacements, and the two jobs that stop fruit rotting.

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Double row of climbing French beans on crossed canes with pods at picking size and a full trug
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

How to Grow Beans

How to grow climbing and dwarf beans. Runner against French, why flowers fail to set in heat, how to keep picking, and the nitrogen the roots leave behind.

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Potato bed with earthed up ridges in flower, a fork in the soil and a trug of lifted earlies
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

How to Grow Potatoes

How to grow potatoes in beds or bags. Why first earlies earn their space and maincrop often does not, how deep to plant, when to earth up, and avoiding blight.

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