Roots beginners guide allotment guide Growing your own food is one of the most rewarding skills to learn, not only will you start to understand where produce comes from and how much better it tastes compared to shop bought, bu
top 10 apples to grow in your garden This year looks like being a vintage apple crop. The spring rain was good for blossom and we've had plenty of sunshine since – but not baking drought – which is just what makes an apple pa
winter salads from the garden It never ceases to amaze me that, even in exceptionally cold weather, I can still walk outside my kitchen door and pick a trugful of salad and good bunches of several herbs. I don't mean the obvious e
5 simple steps to a delicious salad Sarah talks you through her top five tips to a perfect homegrown salad. you might like View Lettuce 'Merveille de Quatre Saisons
how to pick a homegrown salad Sarah shows you tips and tricks on picking a salad that's full of colour, flavour and texture. you might like View Lettuce 'Rein
the veg garden in august Sarah takes a tour of the kitchen garden at Perch Hill in August, and shows us her latest favourite discoveries, including growing quinoa and edamame beans, and her favourite plant suppor
companion planting Sarah discusses her top varieties for companion planting and the best ways to protect against pests and reduce diseases. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission t
the best winter salad leaf varieties to grow Sarah shows you which varieties of salad she grows to last through the winter at Perch Hill.
how to plant out from gutterpipes Sarah shows you how easy it is to plant out from gutterpipes, in her garden at Perch Hill. you might like View Peat Free Wool Compost
growing your own citrus fruit The shops are full of all these fruits in their prime during late autumn, but why not go one step further and grow your own citrus fruit at home? Sarah's tips for success with citrus 1. All citrus lik
autumn herbs to sow from seed There's plenty of autumn herbs to sow from seed once the summer heat fades. I love dill which is perfect for the cooler months and delicious in so many foods. In autumn I always sow flat-leaved parsle
salads to grow in summer Growing summer salads in August will help to extend the delicious taste of salad. Once you hit August, there's not much you can sow in the kitchen garden for eating this year, but salads are an except
crop rotation in your veg patch Crop rotation is practised to avoid the build up of pests and diseases, and to make the best of any manures and fertilisers. There are three main groups of veg, and each group, once grown in the garde
how to store or force tender winter veg As the cold weather sets in, it can be a struggle to devise storing systems to keep vegetables through the winter. Having gone to all the trouble of growing them on my productive patch, I want to enj
edible flowers Scattering flowers over your food is a good way to add colour and I've always been a sucker for marigolds, violas, primroses and nasturtiums for this decorative reason alone, but the more I learn
growing squash at snaylham farm Roland and Rebecca Longly grow vegetables at Snaylham Farm, near Icklesham in East Sussex. The farm has two distinct soil types, very fine, sandy loam on the upland, with a silty loam down in the Bre
