Propagation techniques: starting seed

Feeding the soil and carefully selecting your crops will help make your veg garden greener

KITCHEN GARDENER

Saving your own seeds saves you money, helps you continue to grow important or favourite varieties, preserves links with the past and means you can share your seeds with others. But more importantly,

They might not be especially striking to look at–if you can see them at all–but seeds are among the natural world’s most awe-inspiring marvels, says John Lewis-Stempel

Add winter salads, sown or bought in modules, to your greenhouse borders. Corn salad, mizuna, rocket and leaf chicory will grow slowly but steadily in a greenhouse to give tasty, nutritious leaves thr

Broad beans are one of the easiest crops you can grow, and now is the perfect time to get them out of the starting gates to get ahead of those spring sowings. Start now, and you can enjoy these delici