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Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Gardening

The National Vegetable Society

The National Vegetable Society or NVS is a charity dedicated to advancing the culture, study and improvement of vegetables offering help and advice to novice and expert show grower alike

New to this site - 400 articles by Medwyn Williams MBE FNVS spanning 9 years listed on here with direct links to the articles on the NVS web site. See Medwyn Williams Showing & Growing Vegetables.

They have a lot to offer and a range of interesting and helpful articles on the web, which are listed on the NVS web site in the categories below (opens in new window)

National Vegetable Society Articles

Help for Vegetable Growers and Gardeners

Vegetable Growing General

Articles applicable to all those who grow vegetables for both show and table by members of the NVS

Growing Herbs

There are few gardeners who do not have a few herbs in the garden and these articles will help you expand your range and improve the quality of your herbs.

General Gardening

Good practice for growing vegetables is often good practice in the rest of the garden. These articles give general gardening advice

Growing for Show

From local shows held in the village hall to internationally reknowned exhibitions such as the Chelsea Flower Show, the NVS is involved in raising the standard for vegetables.

Growing Fruit

The compliment to vegetables, fruit. These articles will inform and help you to grow better fruit

Month by Month Gardening

The most asked question by the novice gardener is what to do now and this series of monthly guides should help you answer the question.

From Medwyn

A selection of articles covering nine years from Medwyn Williams, MBE FNVS, chairman of the National Vegetable Society on the growing and showing of championship vegetables

Latest Articles on the National Vegetable Society Web Site

This year I tried the "Heritage" tomatoes offered as plants. Not all the plants supplied survived and grew but of those that did one cultivar, Yellow Peach, seemed to me to be outstanding.

Although many gardening books refer to both intercropping and catch cropping many growers confuse the two. And why not? After all it is what you do that matters not what you call it.

Part two of the three part article about intercropping and catch cropping

Part three of the three part article about intercropping and catch cropping

Did you spend a back breaking day (or even more) during the winter digging over your vegetable plot? If so have you considered whether digging, either single or double, is really necessary and worth all the time and effort?