Kitchen Garden

Make the most of your under cover growing

GROWING UNDER COVER

Under cover growing allows the British gardener to enjoy tomatoes, aubergines and peppers which otherwise would struggle outdoors – especially after a spring like this year! If you have an allotment, or a garden with no space for a polytunnel, you can still grow all of these crops in a hinged hoop bed. The only difference is to grow shorter bush tomatoes, or tumbling toms, due to the height restrictions of a hoop bed.

The biggest mistake I see gardeners make is missing the incredible opportunities that under cover structures like

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