Martyn Cox shares his advice for peak summer Grow Your Own success to keep your plot productive.
Vegetables
Growing your own for one – vegetables
Read Geoff Hodge’s ultimate guide to growing your own veg at home for one.
Grow broad beans
Broad beans are an easy vegetable to grow and much more robust than French or runner beans. Why not give them a go in your garden this year?
Know your onions
Get adventurous with your onions this year and try growing some unusual varieties from seed. Vicki Cooke, the former Royal Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, shows you how.
Growing rhubarb
One of the easiest fruit you can grow in your garden is rhubarb. Vicki Cooke raises the humble rhubarb to gourmet status.
Tidying the garden in autumn
Martyn Cox has some advice on how your unruly autumn plot can easily be tamed within a few hours, leaving it in great shape until spring.
Harvest late summer crops
It’s late summer, but there’s still plenty to be done on the vegetable plot. Keep picking peas, beans and courgettes. And there’s still time to plant salads.
Keep your veg garden productive
With a little care and attention you can keep all your herbs, fruit and vegetables at the peak of perfection, Martyn Cox offers some timely advice
Can I grow flowers with my veg?
Debi Holland offers five reasons why flowers are good to grow in among your veg.
Grow attractive edibles
In his Grow-Your-Own feature Martyn Cox recommends plants that look good and taste great.
Radish revolution
There’s more to radishes than a just a quick filler crop or something for the children’s garden. Vicki Cooke extolls the virtues of the humble radish.
What edible plants can I grow in containers?
Debi Holland suggests Five Fab edibles for containers.
Which vegetables are really easy to grow from seed?
Growing vegetables from seed is much easier than you might think.
Cabbages and kings
Take a closer look at the underrated cabbage, says former Hampton Court Kitchen Garden Keeper Vicki Cooke
Can I grow my own salad?
Follow Geoff Stebbings advice and grow your own salads this season
Getting started with potatoes
One of the easiest vegetables to grow is the humble potato. Buy seed potatoes now and give your crop a head start.
Winter edibles to grow and pick now
As the garden starts to slow, there are still plenty of edibles to pick, store and grow for winter, says Martyn Cox.
Edibles to sow, grow and harvest now
Martyn Cox offers his timely advice on harvesting and starting off delicious edible crops in your garden.
Grow Your Own Asparagus
When it comes to growing vegetables you need to grow things that you love to eat, crops that are expensive to buy in the shops and things that taste better eaten fresh from the garden says Jean Vernon.
A plan for all seasons
Some of the historical techniques that were employed by gardeners decades ago are just as relevant today, especially when it comes to crop rotations.
Getting started with seeds
Nothing beats growing plants from seeds, whether it’s vegetables, annuals or perennials.
Grow corn salad
As the seasons start to turn and the garden harvest wanes a little, plan ahead and sow some corn salad, it’s undemanding and a great choice.
How to harvest, ripen and store your produce
After months of hard work, it’s time to reap the rewards of your labour. Martyn Cox helps you harvest, ripen and store your vegetables
Pickled cucumbers
Have you got a glut of greenhouse cucumbers or even courgettes? Try this recipe and transform your harvest into a sweet, tangy and delicious pickle
What is companion planting?
Some plants offer additional benefits when grown in close proximity with others. Jean Vernon explores
How to harvest, ripen and increase your garden bounty
How to harvest, ripen and increase your garden bounty, Martyn Cox helps you make the most of your garden edibles with some timely GYO advice.
What can I start to harvest in mid-summer?
Martyn Cox shows you what to sow, grow and harvest in his latest grow-your-own advice
Grow Your Own
Summer advice to get the best from your home-grown fruit, vegetables and herbs
Keeping your fruit & veg healthy and productive
Martyn Cox helps you harvest some fruit and vegetable treasure and offers advice to keep your plants productive
How to keep growing home-grown food
If you are growing your own food for the first time Martyn Cox offers his timely tips and advice to get the best from your crops
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