Grow colourful fruit and veg

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

With drier springs becoming the norm, autumn is now the prime season for action in the garden

Unusual berries, boosting soil health, saving strawberry runners and sharing seeds

The inspirational GARDENER

Welcome the new season with colour and vibrancy

Nothing beats home-grown crops for flavour, but if a kitchen garden with its regimented rows of fruit and vegetables doesn’t appeal, then consider creating a pretty potager