Plant out beetroot

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

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

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

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

Chris Collins from Garden Organic explains how to extend the harvest with great hardy greens to sow now

Onions and garlic are allotment essentials in the autumn months. They also serve you well throughout the rest of the season, with the delicious, flavour-packed bulbs, perfect for drying and saving for