Professor Buczacki is a borticultural expert, weiter and former chair of Gardeners Question Time

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Legumes are the quiet overachievers of the vegetable garden. Low maintenance and reliable, yet often overlooked as a boring staple. I feel it’s high time we reframe that view. Legumes are grafters: th

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

Prepare a free-draining, sunny and weed-free bed to grow broad beans. Rake in blood, fish and bonemeal fertiliser to give the plants a boost. Plant the seedlings in a row, 15-20cm apart. Dig a hole an

HAVE you ever taken a close look at your soil? I mean, a really close look? And if not, why not? Soil, compost, dirt, earth – whatever you want to call it, it’s often overlooked, and yet it’s one of t