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Toby explains why natural predators and late season warmth can help provide many of this year’s beleaguered plants with a second wind of growth

Plenty of autumn bloomers are ideal food and shelter for those left on the wing

Help them adjust to life inside and check them for pests

Spring cabbage is one of those crops that occupies a handy space in the growing year. It is ready to be picked as small greens in late winter through to early summer as larger crops, when other vegeta

Kari-Astri Davies considers choosing tulips to fire up her beds in the wake of bulb-buying frustration

IT’S easy to imagine the vegetable patch is winding down at this time of year – the tomatoes are ripening, courgettes are piling up, and the first leaves are beginning to yellow. But here’s something