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We are especially interested in growing fruit and vegetables in inner city areas of Britain. You can look up our month-by-month gardening tips in The Living Year.
You can get more info from HDRA - the national organic gardening organisation. Topical gardening tips from HDRA .
You can learn about the dangers of pesticides from the Pesticides Action Network

There is a free online organic gardening course provided by Manchester Council: taster

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Anyone have any good tips on growing sweet potatoes? I have the European variety. So should be quite hardy and I intend to grow them under cloches
How can I prepare a new allotment over winter for organic growing in the spring?
Tell me about growing blueberries
How do I protect newly planted onion sets from birds?
How do I hang onions to keep them dry in storage?
What can we do about slugs?
Slug Traps What can I put in Slug Traps?
Clean Composting What is EM Bokashi?
Potatoes without digging How do I grow no-dig potatotes?
Edible Plants for Shady PlacesWhich edible plants grow well in the shade?
[G Q11] What is a good 4 bed crop rotation?
[G Q10] How do you priune an overgrown kiwi?
Pruning Buddleja How and when do I prune Buddleia globosa and Buddleia davidii?
[G Q8] How and when do I prune a fig tree growing against a wall?
Grease bands on fruit trees When do I need to put grease bands on my fruit trees?
[G Q6] What's the best organic feed for houseplants?
[G Q5]
Planting a pot-grown treeHow do you plant a tree which has been grown in a pot?
Looking after newly planted fruit treesHow do you look after a newly planted fruit tree?
Planting bare root treesHow do you plant a bare-root fruit tree?
Compost mixture for a tree in a tubWhat sort of compost do you use in a tub to plant a tree or bush?

The BBC also has organic gardening advice

Organic Gardening Tips from the Balsall Heath Jungle Newsletter

[Your Garden In January] Organic Gardening In February Organic Gardening In March - English
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[Your Garden In October] [Your Garden In November] [Your Garden In December]

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