Blog – tagged "grow your own" – Hayes Garden World

March 31, 2024

Growing strawberries In containers and the ground

Strawberries are the epitome of summer, delicious, one of your 5-a-day and easy to grow. You don't even need a garden, a pot or hanging basket will give you a crop.

March 22, 2024

How do I grow peas and beans?

Pease and beans are easy to grow and great if you are a beginner or want to get kids into gardening. You don't even need a garden as they can be grown in containers.

March 3, 2023

How do I plant up a strawberry hanging basket?

Many of us don't have any garden space but most of us can put out a hanging basket so why not ditch the traditional bedding plants and opt for sweet juicy strawberries.

July 24, 2019

How To Divide A Large Clump Of Chives

Sometimes a large clump of chives can lose vigour and start producing weak spindly growth so need to be divided in order to start producing good quality herbs again.

June 18, 2019

How To Gauge When To Harvest Your Vegetables

It takes time, patience and hard work to grow your own produce so make sure you don't spoil the crop by harvesting too early or too late, just follow our tips for the optimum time to harvest.

May 18, 2019

How To Feed Tomatoes

Tomatoes need different feeding regimes at different stages of their lives so follow our tips and you will be rewarded with a bumper crop of fruits in summer.

May 15, 2019

How To Earth Up Potatoes Growing In Bags And Containers

If you want a good crop of potatoes they need to regularly earthed up (piling more compost around the stem and roots). This encourages side shoots which in turn produce more potatoes so this stage of your potato growing is essential.

July 10, 2018

How to grow aubergines (eggplant)

Aubergines are a Mediterranean plant and as such need a long hot growing season. Follow these tips and you can have a crop of these delicious versatile vegetables.

October 26, 2016

How And When To Plant Garlic

Now many of us use garlic in our cooking it makes sense to grow your own, it's so much more flavoursome than supermarket produce. This blog gives you tips for growing and cooking this pungent bulb.

June 22, 2016

Grow Your Own Wimbledon Experience

Can't get to Wimbledon? The next best thing is to recreate the feeling at home in your own garden. This blog will give you some tips on how to get the experience without actually being there.

January 27, 2016

How To Grow Asparagus

One of the quintessential tastes of summer is asparagus however it does need specific growing conditions. Follow these tips in the blog and you will have delicious spears of tender asparagus.

September 24, 2015

How To Choose Which Raspberries To Grow For The Longest Cropping Season

Raspberries are one of those fruits which are fairly expensive in the supermarket so it makes sense to grow your own. This guide gives you a range of varieties which, if combined, can give you raspberries from early summer through to autumn.

August 27, 2015

How To Diagnose What's Wrong With Your Tomatoes

There is nothing quite like the taste of home grown tomatoes but there are problems which can occur and ruin your crop. This blog gives you some ideas of how to solve these problems and salvage your crop.

July 6, 2014

How To Grow Basil

Basil is absolutely essential if you're a fan of Mediterranean cooking but can be a little tricky to grow. Follow these tips for success with your basil.