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There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

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

Here’s how to sow, grow and pick the best varieties for a delicious summer harvest

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

Sow courgette and squash seeds now so you’ll have seedlings ready to plant outside in early summer. Fill pots or large module trays with peat-free multi-purpose compost. Place one seed in each pot, ab