🌿 May 2026 Peak Sowing Season

Your Complete Guide to
Growing Your Own
Vegetables

Free app, monthly planting calendars, A–Z vegetable database and step-by-step guides. Everything you need to grow your own — from allotment to balcony.

24+
Vegetables covered
12
Monthly guides
Free
App & resources
Free to download

The Growers Academy — Learn to Grow Your Own Veg

  • 37 lessons covering everything from sowing to harvest
  • 30 badges & 6 levels — learn in a fun, interactive way
  • Video lessons from Glen's YouTube channel built in
  • Works for allotments, raised beds, pots & balconies
  • 100% free — no subscription, no catch
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The Growers Academy app by Veggie Patch Ideas — 37 lessons, 30 badges, free to join

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Growing Vegetables in the UK

Whether you have an allotment, raised bed, garden plot or just a few pots on a balcony, our guides help you grow your own food successfully. Start with our beginners guide to growing vegetables or dive straight into the month by month planting calendar.

What to Plant This Month

May is a brilliant time to sow courgettes, French beans, and beetroot directly outdoors. You can also plant out tomatoes once frost risk has passed. Check our full May planting guide to know exactly what to do in your veggie patch this month.

Vegetable Growing Guides A–Z

We cover over 24 popular vegetables with detailed guides on sowing, planting, spacing, feeding and harvesting. Popular guides include tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and courgettes.