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Summer

Summer is peak harvest season across the UK, bringing strawberries, raspberries, cherries, tomatoes, courgettes, peas, beans, new potatoes, and fresh herbs. It is a time for salads, barbecues, preserving fruit, and visiting local farm shops and markets. Discover seasonal recipes, growing advice, and trusted local farmers offering fresh summer produce near you. Buy From Farmers Direct helps you enjoy food at its freshest while supporting British farmers and stronger local food systems.

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Greenhouse Gardening: Extend Your Growing Season Year Round

A greenhouse extends the British growing season by three to four months, meaning tomatoes in May and salad through winter. The difference is understanding what you’re actually trying to achieve.

Growing Soft Fruits: A Grower’s Guide

Strawberries, raspberries and currants give you months of fruit from a small space, but variety choice and timing make all the difference to your harvest.

How to Transform a West Allotment into a Productive Garden

West-facing plots receive less intense morning sun but benefit from extended afternoon warmth, which fundamentally changes what grows well and how you manage moisture.

From Seed to Harvest: How to Grow Aubergines at Home

Aubergines need warmth, patience and the right varieties for our shorter growing season, but starting from seed gives you access to far more interesting types for less money.

Tesco Free Range Eggs: What You’re Actually Paying For

Standing in the egg aisle wondering whether free range eggs justify their premium price? You’ll see exactly what the extra pound buys in terms of welfare standards and nutrition.

Sweet Potatoes in Your Garden: How to Grow Sweet Potatoes

Growing these tropical tubers in Britain means working with slips instead of seed potatoes, providing consistent warmth, and managing a longer timeline than you’d expect from ordinary spuds.

From Seed to Pesto: How to Grow Basil

Between late May and September, basil produces bumper crops in Britain if you master the timing and know how to encourage bushy growth rather than letting it bolt straight to flower.

From Seed to Giant Squash: How to Grow Pumpkins That Actually Thrive

Generous feeding and proper timing produce thriving plants, whilst neglecting either results in sulking vines that disappoint, whether you’re after giants or cooking varieties.

How to Grow Bay Trees From Scratch: A Gardener’s Complete Guide

With proper shelter and patience, you’ll develop a handsome evergreen that supplies fresh leaves for decades, even in northern gardens where bay trees aren’t typically expected to thrive.

How to Grow Summer Squash That Actually Tastes Brilliant

A few key early decisions determine whether your plants produce abundantly all summer or fail completely, yet most gardeners don’t realise where they’re going wrong until it’s too late.

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