Top of the crops: radish

Scour the shelves of your local supermarket for salad and you might be led to believe that the red, round-shaped radish is the only type on offer. But, grow your own, and you can experiment with yello

Salads are a real summer joy – crisp, fresh and healthy – and growing your own has masses of advantages over buying your crops from a shop. Homegrown salads are way more delicious, fresh and nutritiou

The UK is far from self-sufficient in lettuce, but still produces good volumes of a crop that plays a vital role in the nation’s food landscape, writes Michael Barker

Here at GBF, we’ve long championed the importance of using good quality produce in your cooking. After all, how can you expect to create something delicious if you’re not using the very best ingredien

GROWING your own salad crops is a low-effort, small-space activity that anyone can enjoy. Whether you start them from seed or buy young plants, they can be grown in containers of all sizes, and are we

I am, generally, indiscriminate in my enthusiasm for vegetables. But not when it comes to potatoes. I don’t cook them often, so I never bothered growing them in my veg patch. They take up too much spa