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for eating in salads, some for using in sauces and some for roasting. My aubergines will be so plentiful, I won’t need to buy any again (no matter how many aubergine parmigianas I make). I’ll grow enough garlic to hang in plaits around my kitchen and my

’d grow bigger, and they just rotted). But my three compost heaps, dotted around the plot, were the envy of the allotment.So we all have to start somewhere and we will always make mistakes. And the best thing about making mistakes is learning from them

knows, perhaps salad crops growing in lawns will be next year's big trend at the Chelsea Flower Show. Don't forget you heard it here first.There is a small allotment outside the offices of Gardeners’ World magazine, where there is space for a few of us

I recently spent a few days in Barcelona. The orange trees growing there were laden with fruit and looked stunning in the February sunshine. I loved seeing them growing outside in the streets, though admit to having felt a pang of jealousy on behalf

them as a fan, step-over, espalier or cordon), and will provide you with years and years of delicious home-grown apples.It’s a good idea to taste as many as you can before you commit to buying. Ask to sample fruits growing in friends’ gardens/allotments