Notes from perch hill

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg

These easy vegetables and salads will keep going all summer, no matter how little outdoor space you have for them

Spring might be the traditional time for starting crops, with seed trays bursting into life on windowsills, in greenhouses and coldframes, no surface without pots and green shoots. However, if you are

Beetroot: It is the last month for sowing this crop, so don’t miss out! Place seed clusters at a depth of 2.5cm in the soil. Cabbages: Sow spring cabbage seeds in a sunny spot on the vegetable patch t

The harvests are now coming in thick and fast. A quick check of last year’s records show that we gathered 150 per cent more in July than June; a significant contribution being greengages on the allotm

It’s just the right time for annual and perennial types to crop perfectly