How to grow your own mini allotment this summer

Reader Steve Watkin from County Durham explains why new skills and sustainability make growing such a joy

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

Four years ago, Joy Lewty, 62, from Garforth, Leeds, was handed a pack of seeds. That simple gesture set in motion a chain of events that would change her life.

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

We are gardening more than ever. According to surveys, over half the population in America and Europe are getting green-fingered, and data shows that numbers are rising. Humans have been creating gard

Kohlrabi, endive and Florence fennel are just some of the delights to grow now