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delicious pure white, juicy flesh. But don't take my word for it. You must try it for yourself.One way to compare different apple varieties is to go to one of this year's  Apple Day events. At Brogdale, home of the National Fruit Collection in Kent, you

that the stems don't break in the wind and have space to grow.AdamWatch our for cabbage white butterflies and wipe off any eggs they lay on the Canary creeper's leavesMore on growing climbersHow to grow annual climbers from seedCreate a sweet pea pot display

'Medium-flowered cactus dahlia, with sunny yellow flowers. Height 120cm.Dahlia 'Yellow Galator'Small-flowered semi-cactus type, with white-tipped pinky red petals. Height 60cm.Dahlia 'Pianella'More about using garden weedsTake dahlia cuttings Plant dahlia tubers

. The white or gold kernels produce an attractive marbled effect throughout the cob, and are tender and sweet-tasting.Sweetcorn - 'Mirai'Home-grown strawberries are sweeter and more tender than shop-bought varieties. Ken Muir's new strawberry, 'Chelsea

Today we got our first proper frost. The roofs of the buildings are dusted with white, the grass is crispy underfoot and the seedheads are glittering with ice - at least they are when the sun breaks through the lowering cloud. All very lovely

that I can bring a few sprigs laden with red berries indoors as decorations. And if I get the timing right there are also pots of deliciously fragrant paper-white narcissus at their best to cheer-up a cool window sill.One tradition I remember the late

as the harlequin, and is orange with white spots. It has orange legs and its crocodile-like larva is yellow with black spots. It was once considered an indicator of ancient woodland, but is now expanding its range into habitats like London parks, where I found mine

. I adore its natural-looking, delicate flowers. They appear to dance and flutter in the breeze like little white butterflies. The half-hardy perennials from the Fast Flowers collection, including nicotiana, clarkia and antirrhinum, all appreciate a

simply sold as 'sweetcorn', 'tomato' or 'white potato' when you haven't a clue what the variety actually is? We can be far more discerning, as both consumers and gardeners, choosing and growing named varieties of crops that have the flavour and eating

eye on the weather forecast, and a few very large sheets of white fleece close at hand. When frost is forecast, I go out the evening before to cover all the flowers I can reach. I wrap the fleece around branches, drape it over fan-trained fruits