Lift and store beetroot

Beetroots are delicious when young and tender. Look under the leaves to check the root size – ideally, you want to harvest when they’re the size of a golf ball or a little bigger. This may mean just t

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

Your hard work in the garden is paid back this month – but keep on pruning and planting to enjoy even more fruits from your labour

With these tools and tricks of the trade, you can prepare your plot for any heat and drought conditions

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

The harvests are now coming in thick and fast. A quick check of last year’s records show that we gathered 150 per cent more in July than June; a significant contribution being greengages on the allotm