Notes from perch hill

Growing vegetables was my introduction to gardening when we created a tiny veg patch 14 years ago. While it sparked a career change into gardening, design and writing, growing vegetables has remained

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

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

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

Skip the supermarket and see how easy it is to grow the most nutritious crops for heart, brain and immunity health, right on your own doorstep

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