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Beetroots are delicious vegetables with earthy, sweet and tangy flavours. They’re surprisingly versatile for cooking. You can boil, roast or even preserve them in vinegar – meaning that they can be eaten hot or cold, and are perfect in roasts, soup and even salads. What’s more, beetroot is widely recognised as a superfood with many research-backed health benefits.

There’s so much to be gained by eating beetroot. Even so, the satisfaction of healthy and flavourful eating that beetroots provide blooms even greater when you grow your own.

Beetroots are a relatively easy vegetable to grow. Still, it’s no small task to transform your seeds into perfect, purply spheres. That’s why we’ve written this guide to growing beetroot. Once you’ve read through it, you’ll know everything you need to be eating your own home-grown beetroots in no time.

Carrots. Sweet, tasty and packed with nutrients – it’s no wonder that they’re one of the nation’s most loved vegetables. While we can’t say for sure if they do help you see in the dark, we can all agree that carrots are an incredibly versatile vegetable. They’re a staple ingredient in various savoury favourites – as a popular side in a classic Sunday roast or finely grated in a summer salad, for example – yet just as tasty in sweet dishes, as the delicious carrot cake has proved time and time again.

But what do you need to know to growing your own supply of this tasty orange favourite?

Whether you’re just beginning your journey into gardening or a seasoned veteran, it’s no secret that growing carrots at home isn’t always an easy task. In this growing guide, we share with you the top tips and tricks for perfecting your homegrown goods, including advice on sowing carrot seeds, when to plant carrots and which are the best carrots to grow in the UK.

Onions are a beautifully versatile vegetable. Making the base for all your favourite recipes, including soups, sauces, curries and stews, onions can be enjoyed in so many ways. If you grow your own, you’ll always have an organic selection to hand. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about growing onions in your garden, polytunnel, or for a homegrown start-up.

Even if you’re a seasoned gardener and already know a thing or two about how to grow onions, it’s worth seeing if you can benefit from our handy tips, including the perks of growing onions in a polytunnel. Whether you’d like to start making your own delicious soups or you’re hoping to double your harvest next year, see below for our comprehensive onion growing guide.

Here at Premier Polytunnels we know that the price of products is important to our customers. It’s also important that the quality of the products you buy from us are of the highest quality, with many customers telling us that they need a strong polytunnel as it is extremely windy where they live.

When a bird goes “cheep” it wants attention – when a polytunnel goes cheap it needs attention! Quality is not cheap, but it does offer excellent value. This is why we work hard on sourcing the best quality materials for our products and building great working relationships with our suppliers.

Tomatoes are a type of nightshade plant and, contrary to popular belief, they are - in fact - a fruit. They are a versatile food forming the basis of many popular cuisines, including Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern and French. From blitzing them into soups and pasta sauces to adding slices to salads, the possibilities with tomatoes are endless.

Fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes have a much stronger flavour than the average salad variety, making them a tastier choice. As they’re one of the easiest crops to grow, harvesting your own tomatoes can be very rewarding.

Whether you want to stock up on homemade soup for winter, or simply enjoy freshly picked produce, our guide has everything you need to know about how to grow tomatoes.

Whether you have grown your own or are buying, October is the month for all things pumpkin.

Carving a pumpkin for Halloween and creating doorstep displays has become more and more popular, but many people just bin the remains. Did you know you can use every bit of the pumpkin with no waste at all?

To discover some great ideas for making use of every bit of your pumpkin, read on.

If you went to the cinema or logged onto Disney+ (or maybe you've bought the DVD) to watch the new Marvel film, Black Widow, you’ll have seen the first action scene where characters Natasha, Yelena, Melina and Alexei escape from Ohio in an aircraft. Later in the film you’ll also have watched the scenes at Melina’s pig farm in St. Petersburg.

The film is brilliant... but what we’re really excited about is seeing our polytunnels in a Marvel film! We could pretend to be humble and claim it’s just our job, but it’s not every day that we get to see our polytunnels in an actual movie!

Potatoes are a versatile addition to any meal and a mainstay of many dishes, from bangers and mash to the classic Sunday roast. Whether you love them boiled, baked, roasted or as chips, they are a welcome addition. Because they can be prepared in different ways and enjoyed at different times of the day, they can be a useful – and satisfying – crop to grow yourself.

No matter if you’re just starting out with your first vegetable patch and want to begin with growing potatoes or are introducing new crops to your established allotment and want to know how to grow potatoes successfully, we have all the help you need here in our growing guide.

For tips and ideas about growing potatoes, read on.   

Horticultural healing has been tested and proven, showing that, as well as the physical benefits, there are many mental health benefits that come from gardening and spending time in nature.

Many charities now use horticultural therapy to encourage health, well-being and rehabilitation. At one charity, Veterans’ Growth, ex-service personnel can connect with nature and learn new skills as part of the charity’s horticultural therapy approach to improving veterans’ mental health.

The charity works with veterans from the tri-services who are suffering with mental health issues, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). At the Veterans’ Growth site, set in East Sussex farmland, veterans can benefit from being outdoors in a natural environment, interacting with each other and the local community, and learning horticultural skills, such as growing their own food and learning about nutrition.

Following a year of turbulence within the wedding industry, Premier Polytunnels has examined the rise of the back garden wedding in 2021 and highlighted a list of considerations for all couples looking to host their own.