Vegetables
Tomatoes
A practical guide to growing tomatoes in containers, pots and growing bags, with advice on varieties, container size, watering, feeding and planting out.
- Full sun
- Some experience helps
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- 38 crop guides
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Vegetables
Lettuce
A calm, beginner-friendly guide to growing lettuce in pots, containers, window boxes and small gardens, with watering, harvesting and troubleshooting tips.
- Copes with part shade
- Easy
Fruit
Strawberries
A practical guide to growing strawberries in balcony pots, troughs and hanging baskets, with advice on planting, watering, feeding and protecting fruit.
- Full sun
- Easy
Herbs
Herbs
A beginner-friendly guide to growing useful herbs on a windowsill, including herb choices, light, pots, watering, harvesting and common problems.
Vegetables
Chillies
A practical guide to growing chillies in pots, covering variety choice, pot size, warmth, watering, feeding, pollination and harvesting.
- Full sun
- Some experience helps
Vegetables
Potatoes
Learn how to grow early potatoes in bags and large pots, including planting depth, earthing up, watering, harvesting and common container problems.
- Full sun
- Easy
Seasonal growing
What to sow, month by month
Sow at the right time and even a windowsill can produce a surprising harvest. Each guide lists what to start indoors, what to sow outside and what to harvest.
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