There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it

Lucy considers some of the exciting jobs to be done as spring gets underway

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl