How to grow: beetroot

One of the most popular veg to grow at home, carrots are easy to cultivate and can be included in many different dishes due to their versatile, sweet flavour. There are many different varieties, suita

There’s not much happening outdoors at the moment, but if you follow the prepping advice of these RHS stars, you’re guaranteed a fabulous display later in the year – and you’ll save money too

Pick sprouting broccoli shoots before the tight buds open into bitter, bright-yellow flowers. The ones you want for harvesting grow as short shoots coming from the upright main stems. They tend to be

My number one tip is to focus on variety choice. Too often I’ve been sucked into buying the fanciest looking tomatoes without paying enough attention to qualities like resistance to disease and lower

Apios americana , known as the potato bean ...

Lucy ponders some of the potentially exciting jobs for the fortnight ahead