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, but it still seems so to me as I haven't grown many crops in it. Last summer all I had time for was a few chillies and some pak choi - both of which were fab.Then I took a chance in the autumn with some salad leaves and parsley, in the hope that they

and toads. And what's on the menu for these visiting friends? Slugs!It's been a month of drizzly weather (a typical British summer, but that's another story), and just perfect for salads. The one saving grace is that I haven't needed to find another 30

urge to grow and flower profusely.My idea back in the autumn was to plant it with a few salad leaves such as mustardand rocket that might overwinter and give us some early, spicy leaves to make a few winter salads, as well as some parsleyto keep us

but always grow old favourites like 'Lollo Rosso', a cut-and-come-again type which keeps going forever in a cool summer like this. I love 'Little Gem' - one little lettuce makes a perfect salad for two, and I've grown the beautiful, wine-red 'Pandero

I've had a great few years growing an extraordinary range of vegetable crops for my series 'Veg With Pippa' in Gardeners' World Magazine. The results of my vegetable trials have often been fascinating, and on more than one occasion I've been

; for the first time I've been able to run an extension to my greenhouse to power an electric propagator. When temperatures all around have fallen, the propagator maintains a warming 20Ë?C, perfect for germinating most seeds.I always grow an assortment of chillies