Features 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.

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

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.

Debi Holland suggests Five Fab edibles for containers.

Growing vegetables from seed is much easier than you might think.

If you want to have a go at growing your own food this season, Jean Vernon offers some timely advice.

One of the easiest vegetables to grow is the humble potato. Buy seed potatoes now and give your crop a head start.

Follow Geoff Stebbings advice and grow your own salads this season

Martyn Cox offers his timely advice on harvesting and starting off delicious edible crops in your garden.

Late September marks a period of great activity in the edible garden. Martyn Cox guides you through the jobs to be done.

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.

Martyn Cox continues his helpful grow-your-own advice with some seasonal summer tips.

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

Is gardening organically worth the effort? Jean Vernon explores.

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

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.

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

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.

You don’t have to have a big family to feed, to grow your own food, Geoff Hodge explains how to grow your own for one.

Grow yourself fitter with our Couch to Five a Day Challenge.

Some of the historical techniques that were employed by gardeners decades ago are just as relevant today, especially when it comes to crop rotations.

Nothing beats growing plants from seeds, whether it’s vegetables, annuals or perennials.

Harvesting herbs fresh from your own garden is easy, fabulous and provides unlimited flavour potential. Even over winter you can grow herbs outdoors.