Sowing and harvesting purple-podded peas

It’s time to begin the garden tidy up, but don’t leave borders bare and featureless. There’s opportunities to plant bulbs in pots, borders and lawns, sow sweet peas and take evergreen cuttings

Pea can be sown now, either to overwinter and harvest as pods in early summer or to harvest as pea shoots throughout autumn and winter. Pea shoots are the perfect crop for a tiny space and will produc

Grow BROAD BEANS now for tasty, healthy, and fuss-free garden snacking

Feeding the soil and carefully selecting your crops will help make your veg garden greener

Broad beans are one of the easiest crops you can grow, and now is the perfect time to get them out of the starting gates to get ahead of those spring sowings. Start now, and you can enjoy these delici

Nothing beats home-grown crops for flavour, but if a kitchen garden with its regimented rows of fruit and vegetables doesn’t appeal, then consider creating a pretty potager