A brief history Pisum sativum, our humble pea’s ancestry originates from the ‘fertile crescent’ in Levant and Mesopotamia region from the Persian Gulf to the Nile River. Foraging pea was initially a s

With every great growing season beginning before the first signs of spring, now is the perfect time to start thinking about when to sow your seeds for colourful, tasty harvests later in the year. Alth

While light levels are low, you might be holding off sowing herb seeds until the warmer months are here. But if you’re feeling impatient, why not grow a few microgreens like basil, coriander and parsl

How to carry on growing food over winter ...

Lucy Hutchings looks at what you can be doing in the vegetable garden now, to get ahead of the game in the spring

Happy New Year, to our Grow Your Own friends! Oscar and I are back down at the allotment, boots crunching on frosty ground, breath fogging in the sharp January air, and already buzzing for another bus