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

ALMOST every June, I stare at my melon ...

In the first few years of growing cut flowers at Perch Hill, we would have some weeks where the place was bursting with flowers, making it hard to keep up, and other weeks (which frustratingly always

Skip the supermarket and see how easy it is to grow the most nutritious crops for heart, brain and immunity health, right on your own doorstep

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