Guides
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How to Grow Sunflower Seeds
A comprehensive guide on how to grow Sunflower Seeds; including soil preparation and position, when and how to sow, when and how to harvest and common pests and diseases. View guide.
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Seed Saving Guide: Sunflower (Helianthus annus)
A guide on how to save Sunflower seeds; including pollination type, isolation distance, when to harvest and best cleaning methods. View guide.
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Five Flowers That Anyone Can Grow From Seed
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How to Make Your Garden a Haven for Bees
Bees play vital part in the production of many of the world's food crops. Unfortunately though, bees are under threat from intensive farming, disease, and even climate change. This article explains how planning your garden with bees can make difference. Read article.
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Why You Should Grow from Seed with Kids - and the Best Ways to Get Started Doing It
Gardening is a fun and healthy activity for kids however the benefits go far beyond that- an early interest in gardening teaches many life lessons. This article explains what they are and describes the best ways to start your child's gardening journey. Read article.
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Growing Sunflowers: What You Need to Know
Sunflowers are in important commercial crop, but they also deserve their place in the garden for their unmistakable beauty and generous seed production. This article covers all you need to know to start growing them for yourself. Read article.
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Heliotropism: Why Some Sun-Loving Plants Track Across the Sky
Sunflowers are famed not only for their beauty, but also for the way the flowers track the sun across the sky over a day. This behaviour is known as heliotropism, and this article describes why it happens. Read article.
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Using Trap Crops to Control Pests - Completely Organically
Growing trap crops is a powerful way of controlling pests completely organically. This article describes how it works, and how to get the best from the technique. Read article.
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Plants to Grow to Supplement Your Chickens’ Feed
Chickens love to forage on all kinds of veggie patch scraps and kitchen trimmings. But you can vary their diet even more by growing some plants specifically as chicken feed supplements. Here are some of the easiest and best ideas to try. Read article.
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A Guide to Unusual Edible Flowers
Edible flowers are on trend, but there are more adventurous choices than the usual pansies and nasturtiums. Be an edible flower trendsetter by growing and using these five lesser known blooms. Read article.
