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Grow Your Own Food
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What's Included

Grow what you love to eat

Harvest all year round with seasonal planting

Learn how to save seeds

Exclusive tour of Claire’s vegetable garden

Grow Your Own Food
24 lessons | 3 hours
There’s something magical about growing your own food. It slows us down, reconnects us and allows us to learn from nature. Organic grower Claire Ratinon has spent years proving that you don’t need lots of space to feed yourself. In this course, she’ll show you how to turn whatever space you have, be it a balcony, a backyard, or a windowsill, into a thriving food garden. From planning your crops to harvesting what you’ve grown, Claire will teach you how to work with nature, producing food that tastes better, feels better, and does better for the planet. Once you’ve eaten something you’ve grown yourself, you’ll never look at food the same way again.
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Most of my food growing has happened in the city. Small spaces. Paved-over places. And I love showing people that even in those spaces, you can grow food. Real food. Good food. The kind that changes the way you perceive what you eat.
— Claire Ratinon
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Lesson Plan
24 LESSONS / 3 HOURS
Meet Claire
Let Claire introduce you to her East Sussex veg patch and explain why growing fresh, organic produce is such a joy.
An organic approach to growing
Claire explains why growing organically is so important for a healthy ecosystem and why the no-dig method with help to protect your soil.
The importance of note-taking
In this lesson, you will learn why you should keep detailed notes about the weather, your gardening tasks and the little joys you experience every day.
What to consider before you start
Whether you like to eat tomatoes or courgettes, in this lesson you’ll learn why it’s important to grow what you like to eat and how growing your own could introduce you to unique and rare varieties.
Claire’s essential toolkit
Before setting out on your food-growing journey, there are a few essential bits of kit you'll need to source, from secateurs to seed-sowing modules.
Designing your garden
In this lesson, you'll learn how to assess your growing space and create a map of your beds, while factoring in crop rotation and other practicalities.
Claire’s vegetable garden
Take a tour of Claire’s vegetable garden and learn how she got started by removing perennial weeds and protecting her patch from the elements.
How to choose what to grow
Choosing what to grow in your patch is key to your growing success. In this lesson, Claire will help you to understand what you have time for and how to ensure a continuous crop.
Sowing seeds
The start of any food grower's journey is seed sowing. In this lesson, Claire will show you how to sow a wide variety of seeds in pots and modules, as well as where to place your seedlings and how to water them.
Raising plants
Once your seedlings have developed, some of them will need potting on. In this lesson, you'll learn how to pot on and harden off your young plants.
Planting out young lettuces
Knowing when your young plants are ready to go out into the garden is a crucial part of the growing process. Claire explains how to know the right time, and demonstrates how to correctly space and place young lettuces in the veg patch.
Supporting the growth of your plants
Some plants need a little bit of support to thrive. In this lesson, Claire will show you how to support beans and peas with frames and protect brassicas from Cabbage Whites.
Taking care of your tomato plants
Tomato plants are hungry feeders, so in this lesson, Claire will show you how to care for them and how to maximise tomato production by restricting leaf growth.
Growing in the greenhouse
Some food crops can't cope with the British climate. In this lesson, Claire introduces her greenhouse space and the warmth-loving plants she's growing inside.
Troubleshooting in the veg patch
While growing your own food is a joyful process, sometimes things can go wrong. In this lesson, you'll learn how to tackle common food-growing problems.
Harvesting - Part 1
When the time comes to harvest your crops, you’ll need the right tools for the job. Watch Claire as she guides you through the harvesting process.
Perennial fruits
Perennial fruits are one of the best crops to grow if you want to save money. In this lesson, you'll learn how to prep your bed for raspberry canes.
Harvesting - Part 2
Every crop has its unique harvesting method. In this lesson, Claire will show you how to harvest tomatoes and cucurbits.
Composting
Organic compost is a gardener's best friend. In this lesson, you'll learn what to add to your compost heap and the best place to site it in your garden.
Growing your plants in containers
If you have limited outdoor space, growing plants in containers is often the best option. Here you’ll learn about the type of pots you can use, as well as the crops that grow best in containers.
Companion planting
Companion planting is a great organic growing method to protect your crops from pests. In this lesson, you'll learn which plants to grow for pest management.
Seed saving
Humans have been saving seeds for thousands of years. In this lesson, you'll learn why seed saving helps to protect heirloom varieties and how to practise it in your own garden.
A note on weeds
A weed is just a plant out of place. In this lesson, Claire will explain why we need to reassess our relationship with so-called weeds and learn to see them for the diverse plants they are.
Summary
Claire says goodbye and wishes you well as you set off on your food-growing journey.
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