24 Oct

From Garden to Table: Creamy Pumpkin Soup Recipe

• 16th October 2024
• By Danielle Grimley
• 1 comment

In this blog, we are sharing a cosy, creamy pumpkin soup recipe that brings those seasonal pumpkins straight from your porch (or garden...

05 Sep

Container Gardening: Vegetables

• 5th September 2024
• By Danielle Grimley
• 0 comments

For many people, gardening has been a beloved activity for generations and remains a well-loved hobby, offering the joy of watching som...

28 Jun

How to Plan Your Vegetable Garden

• 27th June 2024
• By Danielle Grimley
• 0 comments

Wanting to start your own vegetable garden but you just don't know where to start? Planning a vegetable garden is an exciting and rewa...

28 Apr

Growing Your Own Fruit

• 28th April 2023
• By Danielle Grimley
• 0 comments

Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to start thinking about growing fruit in your garden. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or a...

08 Mar

How to Grow a Lawn from Seed

• 8th March 2023
• By Danielle Grimley
• 0 comments

Would you like to learn how to grow a lawn from seed? Take a look through our process for growing a new lawn... Effective preparat...

13 Feb

Top 8 Easy-to-Grow Vegetables

• 13th February 2023
• By Danielle Grimley
• 0 comments

Are you looking for the best easy-to-grow vegetables for beginner gardeners? Take a look through our recommendations... Radishes are a...

04 Feb

• Natural Gardening

Top 5 ways to garden sustainably

• 9th February 2022
• By Danielle Grimley

Environmental issues and sustainability remains at the top of the nation’s agenda. Every gardener wants to create a beautiful outdoor s...

14 Jan

• Grow Your Own

How to Grow Lavender – The Fundamentals of Planting, Watering and Caring for English and French Lavender

• 20th January 2022
• By Danielle Grimley

Lavender is a trendy, beautiful and fragrant pollinator that is great for attracting wildlife such as bees and butterflies to your gard...

05 Dec

• Grow Your Own

Top 6 gardening trends for 2022

• 17th December 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

2022 is just around the corner and we’re excited to see the new garden trends, from colour combos to sustainable techniques. 1. ...

20 Nov

• Products

Top 5 best Christmas gardening gifts

• 25th November 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

Looking to treat someone special this Christmas? Take a look at our Top 5 gifts for your green-fingered loved ones and discover the per...

14 Nov

• Grow Your Own

Pros and Cons of Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening

• 17th November 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

The prominence of raised beds is an emerging gardening trend for 2021/2022 spurred on by Instagram and the growth in popularity of ‘gro...

29 Oct

• Grow Your Own

How to grow pumpkins

• 29th October 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

Halloween is here, and pumpkins are everywhere! Want to grow your own pumpkins? They're easy and fun to grow so why not make it your mi...

18 Oct

• Winter

How to prepare your garden for the winter months

• 22nd September 2022
• By Danielle Grimley

When your garden is winding down for its winter rest there are still chores to do and ways to make the bleaker seasons more attractive....

14 Oct

• Gardening Tips

How to plant bulbs for Spring

• 14th October 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

Ensure a spring garden full of colour by planning ahead and planting spring bulbs before winter is here. There are many flowers to choo...

07 Sep

• Grow Your Own

Herb Gardening Mistakes and How To Avoid Them

• 6th October 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

Here you can find a number of tips on how to grow your herbs without making a mistake. 1. Location One of the main mistakes...

24 Aug

• Grow Your Own

Watering your vegetable patch

• 24th August 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

The summer sun should bring a plethora of fruit and veg to harvest in your vegetable patch. And with it, a need to keep the garden happ...

28 Jul

• Guest Blog

Top Tips for growing scrumptious tomatoes with @gardentogarnish

• 15th October 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

It’s the season for growing scrumptious tomatoes - always delicious in a salad, pasta dish or whipped up into a passata, tomatoes are d...

27 Jul

• Herbs

Top 10 Best Herbs to Grow Outside

• 28th July 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

Find out which herbs are best to grow in your garden and how to care for them. Firstly, you should grow your herbs in fertile, well-...

09 Jul

• Herbs

Best herbs to grow indoors and how to look after them

• 20th August 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

In order to enjoy fresh herbs all year round to make your best recipes, your favourite varieties can flourish on a sunny windowsill or ...

18 Jun

• Guest Blog

Best garden jobs in June with @good_life_garden

• 18th June 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

Can you pick the best garden job this month, when there are so many?! There is so much happening this month, the weather is heating up ...

14 May

• Guest Blog

Setting up an irrigation system with @good_life_garden

• 15th October 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

I’ve recently set up an irrigation system using drippers to water my plants inside the polytunnel, starting with the 25 Pot Watering Ki...

16 Apr

• Guest Blog

Tomato growing masterclass with @good_life_garden

• 16th April 2021
• By Danielle Grimley

It won't come as a surprise to many people who follow my feed, that one of my favourite vegetables to grow is tomatoes. I think tomatoe...