Early perennial crops, vegetable mallow, and tips for broad beans and garlic

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

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

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Although the garden may hold less appeal for some when rain is lashing the windows and temperatures are down in single figures than in those hopeful, sun-warmed days of spring, there is a lot to be sa

Broad beans: Start these seeds now and in a few months time you will be able to enjoy an early harvest. Cauliflowers: Sow early summer types now and place under a cold frame to offer them some protect

The next few weeks are a crucial time, says Lucy Hutchings , to make the most of this season and prepare for the coming year