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.
Your vegetable growing toolkit
Growers Academy App FREE
37 lessons, 30 badges, 6 levels — learn to grow your own veg in a fun, interactive way. No account needed.
A–Z Vegetable Database
Sowing depths, spacings, germination times and harvesting info for 24+ popular UK vegetables.
Printable Season Guide
A beautifully designed printable planner to keep your growing season organised from January to December.
Veg Garden Planner
Plan your vegetable garden layout — work out spacings, crop rotation and what to grow where each season.
A–Z Vegetable Growing Guides
Monthly UK Vegetable Planting Guides
Know exactly what to sow, plant and harvest every month — written for UK gardeners and allotment growers.
First sowings indoors. Chit potatoes.
Harden off seedlings. Sow squash & carrots.
NowPlant tomatoes. Sow beans. First harvests.
Water regularly. Stake and support crops.
Peak summer harvests. Sow for autumn.
Harvest & sow winter brassicas.
Clear spent crops. Sow green manures.
Harvest root veg. Plant garlic & onion sets.
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
Watch on YouTube
Video tutorials, allotment diaries and growing tips — new content every week.
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.