As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…

REAL readers' gardens!

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it

What to plant, grow, prune and buy this month for your great outdoors

There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

Lucy considers some of the exciting jobs to be done as spring gets underway