Back to basics

There’s something deeply satisfying about harvesting your own fruit and veg: a vindication, if you like, of all the work that went into sowing and growing them. I still love the words of the harvest h

Even a small country garden can contain an ‘orchard’ of trees and shrubs, so you can fill your fruit bowl with home-grown apples, pears, plums and more

Bob explains why we should all be growing pears if we have the room

September often glows with late summer sun, almost as though we’ve stolen it and packed it in our suitcases to bring it back from holiday. The days may be shortening, but a Sunday afternoon spent fora

The season of mellow fruitfulness begins as apples become ripe and ready in orchards throughout September. Timing is everything: allow them to catch those last sunny days to ripen fully and develop a

Once your plants are spent, give them a tidy and create more plants too