Climbing french beans

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

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

• 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

Sow tender crops now while plants have time to grow and crop later. Early-sown French beans and courgettes can run out of steam, so having fresh plants will extend the cropping period. They will germi

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

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