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Things really move up a gear in May when you're growing your own. With a greenhouse bulging at the seams, I can't wait for the risk of frosty nights to pass so I can plant them outside.Tomatoes, courgettes, sweetcorn and other tender crops

, according to Chief Horticultural Advisor Guy Barter. The growing season is getting longer, and plants are simply taking advantage.I don't know if my spring-flowering cherry is blooming late, or early. But not only is it in flower, it's also produced a second

fruits.Both greenhouse and garden are developing well, proving yet again just how much fresh produce can be grown in our gardens. And that's the aim of our Grow Yourself Healthy campaign, to show people how a little planning can turn their gardens

with general planting and seed sowing etc. Or would i be better to plant blackberries and other soft fruit? Perfect spot for fan trained apricots and figs.  You could grow other soft fruit (black currants, gooseberries and strawberries, in front of them so

I've been interested in horticulture since an early age but now at the age of 19 i'm thinking of growing some fruit. Before i do so i wouldn't mind getting the opinions of others to see their views on a good fruit to start off on and how i would

. Never mind, we had loads of beans and courgettes and cabbage and leeks and turnips. And the jungle gave us lots of blackberries. Next year we will have sprouts. I planted 2 purple sprout plants from seed at Easter last year, and they grew 5' tall

is to blame, with wild areas of farmland sacrificed for bigger yields. Bumblebees now have fewer nesting opportunities and flowers to feed from.Grow a range of flowering plants all year - especially from March to November when bees are most active - to provide

Hi, new to this forum. We have just become the proud owners of an allotment we have a fruit cage which we have gooseberries, blueberries, raspberry, blackberry, cranberry a nectarine and 2 unidentified small trees. We read our contract and we can

allomentt said its because of the rain,,,this is our 1st year of growing our own and my it is hard work but now so worth it,everyone is doing there harvest,rasberries still doing well,next year might try different tomatoes to grow and see which ones grow

I have a few raised beds ( old pallet collars) which I have planted some fruit bushes in -  Gooseberries, Currants and some rhubarb.  I also have some raspberry and blackberry canes too, running along the fence. The problem that I have