Growing on a desert island

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

These easy vegetables and salads will keep going all summer, no matter how little outdoor space you have for them

Try the trend for plants that taste as good as they look

As July unfolds in the UK, the allotment is typically bursting with life and for people like us who love to grow their own food, we are now finally seeing the rewards of all those hours that we put in

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

I feel like I’m in a novel. It’s high summer and I am strolling through the kitchen garden (a grand renaming of my tiny raised beds that suits my mood) in a frock (impractical, but ditto mood), collec