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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

The weather has been pretty grotty lately, and I've had to grab every possible opportunity to get out in the garden. I don't think I've ever been so far behind with sowing and planting fruit and vegetable crops. This time last year my courgettes

.Thankfully the numerous mini tunnels that adorn the vegetable plot were totally unmoved and the crops within them are perfect.

or a bad thing - do they fill the rabbits up so they eat less of my vegetables, or do they merely serve as an appetizer, before the bunnies move on to my prized crops?). Dandelions are also popular with children, who love to pick the flowers and play

instead of the edible stems I love so much. Rhubarb crowns were some of the first crops we planted in our vegetable garden. I scrounged them from my school friend's dad, who still lives at the end of the road where I was brought up. The crowns he gave us

vegetable plot and my newly planted squash plants were eaten over night. Now all I'm left with is a selection of decidedly miserable-looking stumps with a few scraps of leaf clinging on for dear life. Of course, the slugs are happy as can be. They're full

in the 'vegetable man' competition at our village show. In contrast, the second was about 4cm in diameter, entirely hollowed out, with no sign of the flesh at all, but plenty of slug damage.Why were all the larger tubers free of slug damage, and yet this tiny tuber

outside in pots. My children found the tomatoes had too much skin for the quantity of flesh, but then they've become serious critics of the vegetable world in recent years. What struck me was that, while the plants did get blight, they got it much later

The sun is shining, I can't believe it, and I'm pretty sure my plants can't believe it either! The warmer soil and increased light intensity have made a massive difference to my garden. Only now, towards the end of September has my vegetable plot

in autumn are now plump, juicy and just itching to be eaten. We've already harvested and eaten some of them, which have been extremely well received. My family has been enjoying garlic butter, garlic-roasted vegetables, pasta sauce and some delicious