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SievePaper envelopeAugust - October1 hourChoose a couple of healthy tomatoes and mark them with a tag, so you don't pick and eat them by accident.When the tomatoes are very ripe, pick them off the plant and cut into them over a plate.Scrape the tomato seeds out into a

Nothing beats the taste of freshly-picked sweetcorn in late summer and growing your own couldn't be easier. Sow your own seeds or buy young seedlings to plant now and grow them in a block on the veg plot. Or use them decoratively, planting them

Carrots need space to develop fully so, once germinated, go over your rows of carrots and pick out the weakest-looking vegetable seedlings to leave a 2cm - 4cm space around remaining seedlings. If you're very careful in extracting the seedling from

. If plants are growing indoors, open windows to encourage bumblebees to pollinate the flowers.Pick fruits when they are still shiny - dull fruits suggest seeds have started to develop and the fruit is past its best.AdamFlowers can drop if conditions are too

.Most peas are best grown with support, such as pea netting or twigs. They are pretty enough to grow in ornamental borders so they're worth growing even if you don't have a vegetable plot.Pea seedsSeed compost if sowing indoorsRoot trainers or toilet roll