We are delighted to be supporting the very first National Children’s Gardening Week Date 10am-12noon 2-3.30pm Sat 23rd , Sun 24th Mon 25th Plant and explore with Charlie Carrot Sunflowers & Runner Beans Plant and explore with Charlie Carrot Sunflowers & Runner Beans Tues 26th Paint a Pot Plant a Pot Wed 27th Cane Toppers…
We are on a mission… We want to find out who can grow the tallest sunflower (one that is so tall eagles will nest in it) We want to find out who has the biggest head (well to be more accurate who’s sunflower has the biggest head) We are looking for the sunflower with the…
We have gone Sunflower crazy! Which ones would you like to grow?
Varieties – Not all sunflowers are garden giants; many are compact and ideal for smaller gardens and for growing in containers. There’s a wonderful range of colours too, not just yellow, so ring the changes and grow sunflowers with red, orange or even white flowers for a dramatic garden statement. There are dozens of different varieties…
Fantastic, Easy, Fun, Bright and great fun to grow, Sunflowers have it all. Sunflowers are easy to grow and with masses of magnificent flowers that last for weeks on end. Their huge sunny faces appeal to all ages, but there is far more to these spectacular plants than meets the eye. These summer beauties are great…
National Nest Box Week (14th – 21st February) comes and goes each year and nationally only a tiny percentage of us take the initiative to put up a nest box to help new families. We know that February’s not the most inviting month to wander around the garden seeking the perfect place to site a…
We are often asked if it is really necessary to spend money buying seed potatoes, in particular by people who have not grown them before. After all there are probably some potatoes in the bottom of the vegetable basket that have just started sprouting. At first sight there is no difference between supermarket potatoes and…
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Equipment you will need • Seed potatoes • 1 x egg box • 1 x plastic bucket or grow in beds in your garden or in potato bags • Compost or soil Instructions Step 1 Put your seed potatoes into an open egg box with the sprouts facing up. Place on a windowsill for…
To know how many seed potatoes to buy here is a handy guide that we use here at Kershaw’s Garden Centre: Each seed potato produces around 10 potatoes. (now you know what you have to beat in our great potato competition…) So if you plant a row of 10 seed potatoes you get 100 potatoes. If…