The best ways to store your crops

There are plenty of ways to store these useful garden greats over autumn and winter

The latter part of the year has started to draw closer – trees are shrugging off their leaves, and garden plants are starting to slow down, while harvests are coming in thick and fast for us to enjoy.

If you want to freeze a glut, briefly blanch broad beans in salted boiling water for 2 mins before draining and tipping into ice water to cool quickly. Will keep frozen for up to three months. When re

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

Editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart explains how to save money and boost future results with the seed harvest this autumn