Features

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.

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

Vicki Cooke unravels some of the mysteries and historical facts about growing figs in Britain.

If you are starting out in gardening, or just want to extend your growing range to the windowsill or window box, herbs are a great place to start says Jean Vernon.

Advice and top tips on growing blackcurrants, redcurrants, whitecurrants and gooseberries from Vicki Cooke.

Vicki Cooke, former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace explores the sweet and the sharp of gooseberries.

Martyn Cox helps you harvest some fruit and vegetable treasure and offers advice to keep your plants productive.

Martyn Cox shows you what to sow, grow and harvest in mid-summer.

Jean Vernon’s guide to five perfect herbs to grow this summer.

Martyn Cox helps you start growing your own fruit, herbs and vegetables in your own garden, with lots of timely tips and advice.

How to grow the biggest, best and most flavoursome salads, vegetables and fruit.

Want to grow your own fruit, but not sure where to start? Jean Vernon picks five fruits that are really easy to grow and will give you a great crop year after year.

If you fancy growing pumpkins for autumn then now is the time to get growing! Vicki Cooke, former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, has some tips to get started.

Former Royal Kitchen Garden keeper Vicki Cooke unravels the historical uses of globe artichokes.

If you only grow one fruit this year make it the strawberry. It’s one of the easiest crops to grow and so rewarding too.

Jean Vernon shares a few ways to cheat and succeed with tomatoes.

Growing your own fruit at home is the best way to get the tastiest and freshest fruit available. Geoff Hodge shares some advice on what to consider when growing fruit for one.

In his Grow-Your-Own feature Martyn Cox recommends plants that look good and taste great.

Read Geoff Hodge’s ultimate guide to growing your own veg at home for one.