Growing the Good Life is especially rewarding as we start to prepare for winter celebrations. Not only can we harvest food for the feast, but also berries, seedheads and foliage for festive decoration

Toby explains how to plant and protect these treasures from squirrels

Parsnips roots will have reached full size by now, so you can begin harvesting them whenever needed. To get them out in one piece, loosen the soil around the roots with a garden fork beforehand, and i

There are more than 110 different varieties of Brussels sprout. One of the most common varieties is the Doric but scientists are constantly trying to breed new types which will appeal to those with a

Turnips don’t always steal the spotlight, but these roots are a winter staple worth celebrating. With creamy white flesh and purple-blushed tops, they belong to the cabbage family and are a surprising

Step into a magical winter garden in the Weald of Kent, where cyclamens, hellebores and crocuses add splashes of pink and purple to the white carpet of snowdrops