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Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

These easy vegetables and salads will keep going all summer, no matter how little outdoor space you have for them

Beetroots are delicious when young and tender. Look under the leaves to check the root size – ideally, you want to harvest when they’re the size of a golf ball or a little bigger. This may mean just t

Your hard work in the garden is paid back this month – but keep on pruning and planting to enjoy even more fruits from your labour

Try the trend for plants that taste as good as they look

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