Fruit & veg

On your fruit & veg plot

Fancy growing something a bit unusual? Then give chickpeas a try. They need a sheltered, sunny site with free-draining soil. Warm the ground with cloches or fleece before sowing. If you have heavy cla

On your fruit & veg plot

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to boost results naturally for the benefit of garden and gardener

Make new phlox plants for free by taking root cuttings of your established plants before they start sending up their spring shoots. Take them from plants dug up from the garden or from pot-grown speci

Lucy gets started on the most important tasks of the fortnight ahead lain