Grow your own ‘chantenay’ carrots

THIS MONTH Chard

A wonderful cool-weather crop, this variety of chicory is both eye-catching and delicious! The rounded red heads of leaves have a wonderfully crisp texture with the classic slightly bitter flavour. A

IT’S easy to imagine the vegetable patch is winding down at this time of year – the tomatoes are ripening, courgettes are piling up, and the first leaves are beginning to yellow. But here’s something

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Broad beans: Start these seeds now and in a few months time you will be able to enjoy an early harvest. Cauliflowers: Sow early summer types now and place under a cold frame to offer them some protect

Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks