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hand would one day grow into a whole bulb of garlic they were dumbstruck! And we're all very excited about harvesting lots of potatoes from the single seed potato we planted.For so many kids you can see a whole new story start to unravel, and the great

a bit of blight. I always raise a couple of plants at home, as they're handy for harvesting, and there is less blight about than up on the allotments. I've grown 'Gardener's Delight' for the allotment and 'Marmande' and 'Tumbler' for home. Since Paul

two beds with one variety growing in each - 'Florence' and 'Honeyoe'. They've been in the ground for four years and are in their harvesting prime. Add to that plenty of sunshine and a timely dry spell that's keeping the slugs and snails at bay, and you

sauce on pasta , made using three huge, succulent and freshly harvested cloves of garlic. It made no difference. Perhaps I should rub the stuff on my skin, but then would any humans come near me? I use insect repellent and it works brilliantly but I hate

.I’m guessing that many people just don't notice they're there. Since adults and larvae only appear on the feathery leaves, they are long gone and have not yet reappeared by the time the spears are harvested in spring. And even though some plants harbour

, the crop that I lift will be considerably smaller than it could have been, but if it is free of blight spores, the tubers I do harvest should last perfectly well.Oh dear. A minute ago it was raining and now the sun is out - perfect conditions for potato

but my vegetables certainly have. The beans have grown well beyond the tops of their poles and have produced a good few handfuls to harvest, which will sort out a few meals this week.My herbs and rocket have rocketed away and are good for a few salads

by brown rot. They were still delicious, though. The first plums were all harvested yesterday as they too were targeted by wasps.There has been a steady flow of blackbirds into my greenhouse - presumably after the tomatoes. I really adore blackbirds

.Having an extra source of fresh greenery to hand is particularly useful at this time of year, when there is less available to harvest in the garden. And cress will grow considerably faster than rocket at this time of year!

It's been a great year for stone fruit crops, apparently, with commercial cherry growers reporting bumper harvests. We have a couple of cherry trees here, but I've yet to taste a ripe fruit from them – the birds always get there first. I know we