It’s an exciting time to plan what to grow. I hope you have fun chatting with your neighbours about what went well – and what you’re up for trying again in this new year.
By Sarah Brown - 1st January 2022
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Urban allotments could be as productive as farms while using fewer pesticides and could help reduce our reliance on food imports, according to new research.
By Jack Thompson - 16th December 2021
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Ahead of World Soil Day, in this month’s gardening column we hear how leafmould, compost and green manure can all help protect your soils for the coming winter season.
By Sarah Brown - 1st December 2021
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November's gardening column is all about the benefits of hedges and how they support wildlife by providing shelter and food and act as natural windbreaks to veg or flowers.
By Sarah Brown - 11th November 2021
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Think luscious blackcurrants, raspberry canes or new rose bushes - now is the perfect time to try bare root planting, saving plastic and money, writes Sarah Brown in this month's GYO Wicked Leeks…
By Sarah Brown - 1st October 2021
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Store your summer bounty of fruit, root veg, beans and potatoes and keep your cupboards full of homegrown produce over winter, writes Sarah Brown in this month’s GYO column.
By Sarah Brown - 1st September 2021
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If the billionaires really wanted to impress us, they’d grow courgettes in space and take up gardening, writes Louise Gray.
By Louise Gray - 24th August 2021
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Grow what you like to eat and make friends with your allotment neighbour, writes Sarah Brown in this month’s gardening column ahead of National Allotment Week.
By Sarah Brown - 4th August 2021
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Clever planting and easy gardening hacks can help make growing your own food more fun and productive, while connecting us to something more important, finds Nina Pullman.
By Nina Pullman - 30th July 2021
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What does a sustainable diet actually look like, what will it cost and where do livestock fit into the equation? Becky Blench reports on a vital session at the recent Oxford Real Farming Conference.
By Becky Blench - 21st January 2022
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From Tuscan-style ribollitas with seasonal greens to risottos or shakshukas full of flavour and nutrition, cut energy costs by cooking these delicious meals all in one pan.
By Becky Blench - 20th January 2022
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In recent biodiversity surveys, we've found wildflowers monkshood and dusky cranesbill, a wetland meadow thick with invertebrates and flora, and a team of volunteer co-owners even found grass snakes…
By Ed Scott - 19th January 2022
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A new social circle to counter negativity and isolation can help farmers switch to regenerative practices.
By Jack Thompson - 19th January 2022
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This Scottish feast is the perfect way to banish the winter blues – with haggis, neeps and tatties, and other hearty Scottish dishes washed down with a dram or two.
By Becky Blench - 18th January 2022
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A desire to shop consciously but little understanding of organic food are among my first findings of how students shop, writes Anna Zuurmond.
By Anna Zuurmond - 18th January 2022
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