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Although I started planning what crops I'd like to grow this summer well before Christmas, my plans have just been turned upside down. The February issue of Gardeners' World Magazine contains a feature on '100 Best Veg' varieties, an inspirational

changing from pink to blue...a clear illustration of the affect of pH on plants.My garden soil must have got more alkaline, possibly through watering with 'hard' tap water during hot weather last summer, hence the pink flowers this year. I'll need to change

into the recycling bin (hopefully your local authority does collect and recycle a good range of materials), but I'm sure there are still a few gardeners out there who could benefit from doing more.For instance, all cardboard rolls, tubes or egg boxes make great

What a glorious Sunday in the garden yesterday, and driving my daughter to school at 7.30 this morning the temperature was already 23°C and rising. It probably didn't fall much below that all night, and though a bit restless for me the greenhouse

!) Growing so easily from seed makes me wonder why I've never spotted it in any seed catalogues before, but there it is in both the Chiltern Seeds and Thompson & Morgan catalogues - a packet containing 150 seeds costs less than a third of the price I paid

the best flavoured tomato, and to my mind it has to be 'Gardener's Delight'. They're deep red (surely tomatoes have to be red), bite-sized, juicy, sweet and full of flavour. If you haven't grown it then make a point of doing so next year.While 'Gardener

uncouth, but to me it's all rhubarb. Perhaps someone could enlighten me on a world of culinary experiences I have yet to discover. There's a National Plant Collection of rhubarb at the RHS Harlow Carr Gardens near Harrogate containing well over 100