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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,

I am, generally, indiscriminate in my enthusiasm for vegetables. But not when it comes to potatoes. I don’t cook them often, so I never bothered growing them in my veg patch. They take up too much spa

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer and ...

Simple steps to keep your plot looking good

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he