Get started with strawberries

Growing and harvesting fruit is a very rewarding experience, and there is nothing like biting into the first crunchy apple or succulent plum of the season. However, consideration should go into planni

Fruit may seem like something reserved for allotmenteers, or gardeners with enormous spaces at their disposal. However, this really isn’t the case, with more and more small space gardeners turning the

I ‘summer pruned’ my apples and pears in July and they have started to send out shoots -should I remove them? Summer pruning is somewhat tricky, especially in a summer like this. The rather broad advi

Mimic their natural behaviour and get them going now to flower in spring

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: 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