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platter of sandwiches. We both agreed that we felt a craving for greenery at this time of year.It might be too cold to grow your own salad leaves in the garden right now, but I'm tucking into lettuce, baby spinach, rocket leaves and a whole lot more

i got me onion's started and  thinking about starting me beetroot off . an other suggestions . am in the north east, have garlic and shallots planted out I am in the Midlands and have my onions, shallots and garlic planted Im new

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

for friend..germination now is rapid.  could sow in trays to germinate and plant out when space is available.  peas too Beetroot and chad can be sown in modules now to plant out later, you'll get a smaller crop though. Radish, spring onion and salad leaves

Seed catalogues are piling up in the office and at home, and I'm itching to get shopping. Will you be growing any new types of fruit or veg this year, or sticking with tried and tested varieties? Kategardenersworld.com web team I'm a sucker

different take on this as several of mine from last year are now growing strongly up through my parsnips and beetroot. A real pain. Volunteers are such a pain aren't they. Hope one can eat them as we are still eating our way through the last sack of Second

to sow any butternut squash seeds; it was too late by the time I realised.I try to stick to my crop rotation plan and to save time, I sow many seeds directly into the ground, such as carrots, beetroot, chard and parsnips. This method works, as long

a plate offering more than green leaves, so a mix of colourful lettuce, red-veined beetroot, thinly sliced circles of white radish, red tomatoes and diced yellow peppers really hits the spot. You can really let your creative, artistic side take over

singly, 5cm apart, from late April to july. remove alternate roots when they are half-grown, leaving the rest to grow on to reach maturity. even these half-grown thinnings are useful and can be eaten as baby beet in salads. Beetroot seed is cheap

then about 10 days after that we had about 6 inches of snow which I cleared off the fleece.  My question is will these seeds grow now and if not will it be ok just to leave them in the soil. and re-plant them. I planted carrots, beetroot, parsnip . thanks