Greenhouse Growing...
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Greenhouse Growing on a Budget
Greenhouse growing is a great way to extend your growing season, and the variety of plants and vegetables that you grow. But if you’re on a budget, setting up a...
Growing Bromeliads in the Greenhouse
There are around 2,000 different species of bromeliads – a fascinating and exotic-looking family of largely tropical plants which can add a striking splash of the...
Growing Climbers in Your Greenhouse
When people think of what to grow in a greenhouse, they'll often just think of exotic flowers or ‘productive’ fruit and vegetables, such as tomatoes and cucumbers....
Growing Decorative Plants in the Greenhouse
One of the great advantages of a greenhouse is the wealth of plants which it allows to be grown – even an unheated one, opening up a range of...
Growing Flowers in Your Greenhouse
The design, structure and function of a greenhouse makes it the perfect place in which to grow flowers. Here are some tips and ideas for successfully growing flowers...
Growing Herbs in Your Greenhouse
Herbs have a long history of cultivation, principally for their various culinary, medicinal and cosmetic properties. Today, whether grown for cooking or simply for...
Growing Unusual Plants in the Greenhouse
It has often been said that one of the best things about a greenhouse is the range of plants that it allows you to grow. While many of the usual...
Helping Pollination in Your Greenhouse
Growing under cover in a greenhouse obviously has its advantages - a warmer, more stable growing environment with shelter from damaging wind,...
How to Save Money by Growing Your Own Produce
There are many benefits to be had from getting your hands dirty and having a go at growing your own produce. It’s great to be able to have fresh...
How to Succeed With Cacti & Other Succlents
Although most people will associate cacti and other succulents with deserts and other extremely arid areas, they are some of the most adaptable and...
Organic Greenhouse Pest Control Methods
The warmth, shelter and food in abundance that a greenhouse offers can become a veritable haven for pests of all shapes and sizes. There are a...
Plant Propagation
There are probably few things quite so rewarding as being able to produce your own new plants – and at a fraction of the cost of buying new specimens from the garden...
Pricking Out, Potting and Hardening Off Greenhouse Plants
Growing a range of plants from seed is one of the great opportunities which a greenhouse opens up to the gardener but a few techniques need to be...
Propagating House Plants in the Greenhouse
If you like indoor plants, then having a greenhouse opens up a fantastic opportunity to be able to propagate your own. Aside of being able to...
Starting With Orchids
The orchid name conjures up a reputation for exotic beauty that few other varieties of plants come even close to enjoying. Included in the family are some 25,000...
Strawbale Growing Systems
The strawbale growing system is one that has been in practice for many years. If you like the idea of growing warmth-loving plants such as tomatoes, melons and...
Using a Coldframe or Cloche
Growing under glass offers us the opportunity to expand the variety and type of plants we want to grow. In the UK, our weather can be unpredictable at the best of...
When to Plant Out Greenhouse Grown Plants?
Once you’ve spent your time carefully growing plants in your greenhouse, you may want to plant them out in your garden, so you can get the...
Why Use a Greenhouse?
Probably the most obvious answer to the question “why use a greenhouse?” is that it opens up the opportunity for the gardener to grow a much wider range of plants – and...
