How To Grow
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How to grow fruit and veg in a shady garden
It is possible to grow fruit and vegetables in shadier areas. Deputy editor Emma Rawlings suggests a few crops that should do well.
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Book of the Week: How to… Grow Greener
This week’s Kitchen Garden Book of the Week is the latest in our ‘How to…’ series, ‘How to… Grow Greener’
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Book of the week: How to… Grow Patio Veg
Our latest book of the week is a helpful guide to growing veg on your patio, balcony, or even windowsill year-round.
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Book of the week: How to… Grow Your Own Veg
This week’s Kitchen Garden book pick teaches you all about growing your own veg at home.
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Grow your own: Apples
Shop-bought apples are great, but if you have never grown your own, your choice will have been restricted to a handful of varieties chosen partly for taste.
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Grow your own: Apricots
Apricots are a favourite for drying and the nutrient-packed fruits make a great alternative to sugary sweets in children’s lunchboxes.
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Grow your own: Beetroot
This is aroot vegetable that you either love or hate but it is unique in its colouring and flavour. It is a more popular vegetable in Eastern Europe and the States where it is used more in hot dishes.
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Grow your own: Blackberries
A walk along any hedgerow in late summer and autumn will bring a tasty harvest of delicious blackberries from the brambles that weave their way through the undergrowth.
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Grow your own: Blueberries
Blueberries were the first of the ‘new’ wonder foods, to be followed by pomegranates, cranberries, grapes… but despite the hype, this fruit really is packed with vitamins and antioxidants.
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Grow your own: Broccoli
Broccoli is a highly nutritious vegetable that is a must for the veg patch. You will really notice the difference in flavour of your own grown broccoli and, being so fresh, it will contain even more vitamins and health giving…
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Grow your own: Brussels Sprouts
The Brussels sprout is a much-maligned veg probably due because of childhood experiences of eating it overcooked. However, when fresh and picked small straight from the plot, then boiled lightly, this is a truly delicious veg.
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Grow your own: Cabbage
This is another crop that has suffered the same prejudice as the Brussels sprout, again probably due to being served overcooked.
