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? There's so many different types/varieties Do you like French beans - they're quite easy if you grow the dwarf ones.  Choose things that are expensive in supermarket. That's how I started. You could look at square foot gardening as well. i think

not grow very well for me, last year there were loads Great for cut flowers. Same with my runner beans slugs were eating them a lot before growing much I put this down to the wet weather must of seen loads of slugs and snails this year, most of the stuff

Plant strawberry runners in hanging baskets, which you can grow in the greenhouse to produce an early summer crop Order seedlings and bedding plants from mail-order suppliersSow dwarf French beans in a large pot for an early crop in JunePlant lily

Grow early-maturing potatoes in a bag of compostFork compost into beds to prepare soil for plantingChit potatoes by standing them in trays in a warm bright position until they develop small shootsDig out problem weeds and emerging annual weeds

Use twigs pushed into the ground to support tall-growing peas, or use short canes and stringFeed strawberries with a high potash feed, such as tomato fertiliserSow flowering companions in your veg plot, such as tagetes and poached egg plants

Is this sufficient time for the material to rot down sufficiently to enable planting on top in May/June? Yes, is the short answer. Some years, eg last, I couldnt start my 'bean trench' for this yrs' crop until the next Spring. Ok, not all

.I love the way home-grown salads start off as a meagre collection of leaves in spring, then steadily grow as tomatoes, broad beans and other ingredients are ready to harvest. The watercress growing in my pond is always the first leaf crop I pick, followed

first week of june to plant my courgetts and outdoor toms and runner beans. Any advice of atlantic punkings got 4 plants of a mate for my son but have not got a clue how two grow them. I have dared to put out some climibg french beans, broad beans

This year, I've decided to try and grow all my fruit & veg from seed. I usually buy plug plants, with mixed success, and I've heard if you grow from seed you can end up with healthier plants. Anyway, I've bought lots of module trays and plan

I am growing Fasold climbing  beans on a warm sunny windowsill until they are a bit bigger and the soil warms up,planning to train up a wigwam,to give height and interest to an otherwise flower border, but since I sowed, Ive read that some people