Pumpkins & squashes

What makes pumpkins quite so satisfying to grow? Well, quite apart from the fact they’ll make your house very popular on Halloween, they’re also an underrated ingredient in the kitchen and a spectacul

KITCHEN GARDENER

Harvest pumpkins and other winter squashes on a bright, sunny day and leave them in the sun for 10 days for the skin to harden further, improving their storage time. You can leave them in a sunny spot

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

Anne sets her sights on Japanese wineberries and prepares to store her winter squashes and protect her citrus

There is a plum tree growing wild on wasteland with delicious fruits borne on its many suckers. If I dig up a sucker can I grow this tree in my garden or do I have to make a graft? Self-seeded plum tr