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The Grow-Along Sessions · 2020

Where Anyone Can Grow began

Our original pandemic video series — five long-form sessions on growing food at home from almost nothing. Still some of the most useful beginner content we’ve ever made, and free to watch.

In a way, Anyone Can Grow started right here. As the pandemic took hold and the first lockdown emptied the shops, our phones began to ring. People who had never grown a thing suddenly had two things at once — a real worry about where fresh food would come from, and, for the first time in years, a little time on their hands. They wanted to grow their own, and to do it with next to nothing: no garden centre, no fancy inputs, often just what was already in the kitchen.

So we put these sessions together in about a week, and followed them with live calls to walk people through the basics — starting a nursery, coaxing seedlings from the dried seeds in a spice jar and the pips in your fruit, keeping pests off without a shop-bought spray. It was rough, real, and exactly what the moment needed.

Years on, it’s still some of the most comprehensive beginner material we’ve put out. So here’s the whole series, free. Press play and grow along.

  1. 1

    Source seeds from your kitchen

    How to start a whole garden from the dried seeds in your spice jar and the pips and seeds in everyday fruit and veg — no seed packets required.

  2. 2

    Start your nursery for planting

    Setting up a simple home nursery to germinate seeds and raise strong seedlings, using paper cups and other things you already have.

  3. 3

    Transplant your seedlings

    When and how to move young seedlings into their pots or beds without setting them back.

  4. 4

    Protecting plants from insects and pests

    Keeping common pests off your plants the organic way — simple home-made sprays and good habits, no chemicals.

  5. 5

    Growing fruit trees in a pot

    Yes, you can grow fruit trees in containers — choosing, planting and caring for potted fruit trees at home.

Watch the full playlist on YouTube →

New to all this? Start with the basics of organic kitchen gardening, or browse all our guides.

Companion guides from the series

The written follow-ups to the sessions — grow from kitchen seeds, the fastest greens, foraging free food, feeding your soil for nothing, and more.