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with the easy crops I've mentioned above, then expand their horizons with broccoli, carrots, sweet peppers, peas, sweet corn, beans and courgettes. So you're giving them several things all in one go: the freshest, tastiest food, veg-growing know-how, fun

the plants, causing them to seed prematurely).Container-grown crops also need watering more than those growing in the ground, as much as once or twice a day in hot weather.Just as sweet peas and other ornamental plants need deadheading to keep them producing

The Gardeners' World Grow Yourself Healthy campaign is all about growing your own fruit and veg - no matter how much space or experience you have. So it's great that one of the five growing plans supplied is dedicated to growing in containers. My

to grow more; after all, early, mid- and late-season varieties are a great way to increase the cropping period of vegetables such as carrots and peas. Also, I love the experimental side of gardening and always want to try those new varieties

well-anchored sweet peas have come adrift from their obelisks.I've left the water butt where it is for now, that way it won't have to risk further crashing and rolling, but I've had to do some emergency re-ties on climbers and the sweet peas

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is always a good place to look for new 'grow your own' ideas.  The Growing Tastes Marquee this year was better than ever: my highlights for 2010 were garlic and blueberries.I could smell The Garlic Farm's beautiful

as possible, and applied mulches. I provided them with temporary shade using some leftover pea sticks.In addition to early-evening watering I also did a fair amount of emergency midday watering, too. When my gorgeous potted osteospermum started to wilt, I

beans a few years ago. Was this a result of their active participation in bringing in the crop, or did they really enjoy the flavour of their first home-grown broad beans?More hands certainly make light work of preparing beans and peas for cooking

of generous triangular zigzags, just for fun. And doing so has really jazzed up my display. Now I can make patterns with lettuces at the feet of broad beans with tall peas shooting up behind. It’s a bit like planning a mixed herbaceous border, but with veg