Grow Your Own Magazine
Get March's issue of Grow Your Own now. Here's a taster of this month's tips and features
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Anne Swithinbank readies her veg patch for spring
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GYO teams up with the RHS to bring you an in-depth tomato guide
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The National Trust reveals the story behind its 1000 plot pledge
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Get set, grow! Make your allotment ship-shape this month
March 2012
Free seeds
Tomato, courgette, calabrese and beetroot seeds are all FREE with this month's mag! GYO is giving you the chance to grow four amazing varieties from the popular seed merchant, Mr Fothergill's, for absolutely nothing. To get the sowing season off to an early start, simply check the front of your March issue.
Allotment gardener
Even alkaline soil can produce a heavy harvest of acid-loving fruit. Simon Akeroyd reveals the secrets behind his sunken allotment bed and explains how chalky soil can produce blueberries and cranberries. It's also time to prepare for summer, with a home-made, brick-built barbecue.
The science behind weeds
When is a wild flower a weed? Andi Clevely takes an analytical approach to the unwanted plants as he sorts friend from foe. Discover why a ruthless, competitive streak can turn some species into a threat to crops and learn how to transform nettles and dock into a nutrient-rich plant feed.
Square foot gardening
This month, Dave Hamilton explains a growing technique ideally suited to small veg plots. Learn how splitting your beds into sections can create a bumper crop. Tightly-pack beetroot and carrots into spaces one foot square or give larger plants to stretch, with an entire block to themselves.
Grow your own fruit
GYO Editor, Lucy Halsall, gets set for spring on her March fruit plot. She explains why spreading a mulch of organic matter around your plants will be worth the effort in more ways than one. Take easy steps to avoid root congestion, too, by potting on your container crops.
Essential guide to carrots
No veg plot is complete without these versatile veg. Anthony Bennett's basic growing guide covers the easiest way to enjoy handfuls of sweet, tender roots, from orange to unusual white, yellow or purple crops. Or, discover how to thwart carrot fly with his recommended resistant varieties.
