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, the process is complete.AdamAvoid sickly plants, such as brassicas, if they have clubroot, and blight-ridden potato and tomato plants.Autumn is a good time to either dig your compost into the soil, or spread it on the surface, allowing winter frosts to break

herbs, lettuce, tomatoes and climbing beans, which I eat every day, just a few paces away. The most convenient way is to grow them in raised beds, which are much easier to look after. I now have a happy mix of winter salads and wallflowers growing

kick. I'm always amazed by the number of people who say they don't like hot things but guzzle it down.Take 5-6 medium tomatoes and finely chop, along with half a shallot and a few coriander leaves if you have them. Add a pinch of chilli powder (more

are implausibly large. My neighbour on the plot, thought them very vulgar and showy, which is precisely why I love them!  'Otto's Thrill' is a pale pinky-orange. 'Babylon' red is a tomato red, while 'Babylon' purple is a beautiful magenta red colour.If I'm very

get a moment, I'll be putting the new grow bag out with fresh tomato plants, so they can sit in there, if they like. It just won't have the attractive topping of dead foliage and Christmas tree branches, which I have lived with for long enough

'll use regularly when I water the plants. Nitrogen-rich feeds, which include chicken and horse manure, encourage leafy growth and height, as opposed to flowers. I'll avoid using potash-rich fertiliser (such as a comfrey, or tomato feed) for now

. Ross's interest began when his mum bought a bromeliad and gave him the task of watering it; Elaine discovered gardening by being wheeled around in her granddad's wheelbarrow and Cat buried a mouldy tomato in a pot of soil and ended up (miraculously

drink and a tonic of liquid tomato food or seaweed now so their roots get plumped up and healthy as these are the plants' engines.  Keep them watered and fed till late September when you can plant them out in the garden.   Make sure you dig a good deep

have found even with winter ones if it gets too cold they shut down It is a question of using the right feed-but for flowering plants tomato food is fine you want to encourage flower-it is high in potash- but for veg you would use something like

plants flower earlier here and don't last as long as in England because the heat in July and August can be too much. Annuals in pots do very well, but I water them a lot. Onions, tomatoes, courgettes and squash do very well. The runner beans were