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Shake up your harvests with dazzlingly different fruit, veg and herbs

Twenty six years ago, Italian writer and gardener Umberto Pasti fell asleep beneath a remote fig tree on a stony hillside facing the Atlantic Ocean, 40 miles south of Tangier. When he awoke, he knew t

In this new series, I’ll explore just how clever plants are, the complex ways in which they respond to the environment around them, the adaptations they make and the survival strategies they employ. I

Toby explains why houseplants do best in environments that mimic their jungle origins

A grow-your-own renegade chases strange crops and smug flavours… only to discover that breaking garden rules doesn’t always taste as good as sticking to them l