Dwarf french beans

Pretty and productive, buy ready-grown plants to speed up harvests

• Also known as fava beans when dried, broad beans are at their best in the UK from late spring to late summer. Although originally from the Middle East, they’ve been grown in the UK for thousands of

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

GROWING your own salad crops is a low-effort, small-space activity that anyone can enjoy. Whether you start them from seed or buy young plants, they can be grown in containers of all sizes, and are we

If you’re finding that your pots are drying out a little too quickly (something of a common problem for any container gardener) try moving them to a position where their bases are in the shade, or clu

It’s time to sow chicory seed for plants to force and eat in winter. Witloof chicory sown now and thinned to 30cm apart will form plants that can be dug up to force the roots from October. Sow the see