Almost every gardener has a pot or two of strawberries on their plot, and with their compact, easy-to-care-for nature, who can blame us? Freshly picked fruits are juicy, flavoursome and far superior t

Lucy highlights some of the most pressing jobs she’ll be tackling this fortnight

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

Toby explains how to take action now to stop weeds in their tracks

Spread a bulky mulch on top of the soil surface around the base of young apple trees to condition the soil, hold in moisture and suppress weeds. This will all help the tree to establish well. Use well

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