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A Vegetable Growers Guide for Adapting to a Changing Climate

Date: 10/08/2024

Climate change poses big challenges to vegetable gardeners, from unpredictable weather patterns to extreme temperatures and shifting seasons. This guide offers strategies to help you adapt and thrive to these environmental uncertainties...

The GrowMad Definitive Guide to Allotments

Date: 10/09/2023

For many home gardeners having an allotment is the ultimate dream, although obtaining and managing one is not as straight forward. With this ultimate guide we'll take you by the hand and lead you to your dream...

Essential Guide to Growing Strawberries

Date: 06/12/2021

The strawberry has to be the epitome of a British summer. David shows you how this delicious fruit can easily be home-produced for up to 6 or 7 months of the year with this step-by-step easy to follow guide...

Growing Pears: A Complete Guide for the Home Gardener

Date: 31/01/2026

Pears have a reputation for being a tricky candidate to grow, but with the correct guidance they need not be.GrowMad's David Hinckley uncovers the truth...

Can Eating More Broccoli Help Protect Against Cancer?

Date: 01/09/2023

Is it just hype that eating more broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables in your diet really can assist in the fight against Cancer? GrowMad's very own vegetable science specialist digs a little deeper to shed some light on the issue...

What is Soil pH and Why is it Important

Date: 04/02/2023

Understanding where your soil pH is on the acid/alkaline scale is an essential measure if you wish to obtain the very best results and yields from your plot. GrowMad's Claire is here to explain all you need to know about soil pH and how to optimise it...

How to Clone Tomato Plants

Date: 01/08/2022

Have you a perfect tomato variety that suits your every need, only to find the seed has been discontinued by the breeder? Annoying isn't it? GrowMad's David shows you a sure-fire way of maintaining your favourite variety...

Clubroot in brassicas: What is it and How Do You Manage it.

Date: 24/10/2022

Clubroot is a fungal disease that can severely affect brassica crops. If you have this pathogen in your soil it can have disastrous effects on your harvests but can be managed. GrowMad's David digs a little deeper...