Veg Guide
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Grow your own: Sweetcorn
There is nothing more delightful on a warm summer’s evening than eating barbecued home-grown sweetcorn; the juices and melted butter dribbling down your chin. This crop is simple to grow and a great one to involve children in. You’ll have…
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Grow your own: Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard is worth growing just for its decorative leaves and stems. A clump could be grown in the flower border and not look out of place. The stems and the leaves can be eaten with the leaves making a…
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Grow your own: Turnips & Swede
Home-grown turnips are the best to eat. They can be harvested about golf ball size and eaten raw in salads, rather like radishes, or cooked in many ways.
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Grow your own: Tomatoes
Tomatoes are a popular greenhouse crop can also be grown outside on the patio or plot or even in a hanging basket if you get the right variety.