Growing the Good Life is especially rewarding as we start to prepare for winter celebrations. Not only can we harvest food for the feast, but also berries, seedheads and foliage for festive decoration

Aubergines: Grow in a heated greenhouse using a propagator. The temperature should be at 18-21°C Broad beans: This tasty and popular veg can be sown now if you choose a hardy variety such as ‘Super Aq

A brief history Pisum sativum, our humble pea’s ancestry originates from the ‘fertile crescent’ in Levant and Mesopotamia region from the Persian Gulf to the Nile River. Foraging pea was initially a s

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

One of the great pleasures of growing your own is discovering new and exciting varieties – especially things you can’t find easily in the supermarkets. But it can feel a little overwhelming when faced

Lucy Hutchings looks at what you can be doing in the vegetable garden now, to get ahead of the game in the spring