Harvest early potatoes

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Those of you who planted first and second earlies will be able to start making some harvests, congratulations! Those first harvests will make you glad you planned ahead, no doubt. For the rest of us,

Beetroots are delicious when young and tender. Look under the leaves to check the root size – ideally, you want to harvest when they’re the size of a golf ball or a little bigger. This may mean just t

The harvests are now coming in thick and fast. A quick check of last year’s records show that we gathered 150 per cent more in July than June; a significant contribution being greengages on the allotm

Tomatoes In the freezer Cooked tomatoes freeze very well – make a big batch of fresh pomodoro or arrabbiata sauce and portion it up for the freezer. Make a preserve Try a spiced tomato chutney, tomato

Let it flower so it brings in the hoverflies to keep aphids at bay