How to save your own spud sets

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Those of you who planted first and second earlies will be able to start making some harvests, congratulations! Those first harvests will make you glad you planned ahead, no doubt. For the rest of us,

The harvests are now coming in thick and fast. A quick check of last year’s records show that we gathered 150 per cent more in July than June; a significant contribution being greengages on the allotm

Tomatoes In the freezer Cooked tomatoes freeze very well – make a big batch of fresh pomodoro or arrabbiata sauce and portion it up for the freezer. Make a preserve Try a spiced tomato chutney, tomato

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

With these tools and tricks of the trade, you can prepare your plot for any heat and drought conditions