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NFT hydroponic herb wall at peak production

Growing Guides

Step-by-step guides for growing food at home — from simple soil-based methods to advanced hydroponic systems. Every guide includes yield data and links to recipes for your harvest.

Three-tier NFT hydroponic herb wall loaded with spring onions, lettuce, and herbs
Hydroponicintermediate

Gutter NFT Herb Wall

SpringSummerAutumn
~2kg/month
Bowl of freshly harvested pink oyster mushrooms
Mushroombeginner

Pink Oyster Mushrooms in a Bucket

SpringSummerAutumnWinter
~2.4kg+ total
Babbington leek bulbs being divided for replanting
Soilbeginner

Babbington Leeks: Plant Once, Harvest Forever

SpringSummerAutumnWinter
~2-3 cuts/season
Hydroponic tomato wall cascading with ripe tomatoes
Hydroponicintermediate

DIY Gutter Grow Hydroponic Tomato Wall

SpringSummerAutumn
~25kg+
Bunyard's Exhibition broad bean seeds soaking in a glass jug next to the seed packet
Soilbeginner

How to Sow Broad Beans in February

SpringSummer
~TBC
Completed wicking planter with cling film humidity dome, trough reservoir visible on the side
Containerbeginner

The £20 Tesco Wicking Planter

The cheapest hydroponic system you can build. Under £20, everything from Tesco, no tools beyond a Stanley knife.

SpringSummer
~TBC
Cavolo nero kale towering above a rosemary hedge from the IBC gravel bed hydroponic system
Hydroponicintermediate

IBC Gravel Bed Hydroponic System

A secondhand IBC container, some gravel, and fabric pots. Zero maintenance all year. The system that kept producing three months after being switched off.

SpringSummerAutumnWinter
~Year-round brassicas