Focus on...growing melons

Getting started with apple and pear trees, saving herb seeds and how 'stress' may help greenhouse crops ripen

Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

I’ve got real growing gains!

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

The best drought-resistant leaves, fabulous figs, and picking and preserving chillies

Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

SPONSORED BY The online specialist gardening retailer, ...

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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

Getting started with apple and pear trees, saving herb seeds and how 'stress' may help greenhouse crops ripen

Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

I’ve got real growing gains!

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

The best drought-resistant leaves, fabulous figs, and picking and preserving chillies

Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

SPONSORED BY The online specialist gardening retailer, ...