Monty Don is in his Kitchen Garden, where he grows a colourful profusion of flowers, fruit, vegetables and herbs. He shows you how to plant three of his favourite tasty and attractive vegetables, which are ideal for a kitchen garden – kale ‘Red Russian’, purple-sprouting broccoli and yellow-stemmed chard. These young plants, all raised from seed, will look good all winter long and provide delicious harvests in spring.
How to plant colourful veg
Monty shows you how to plant three of his favourite tasty and attractive vegetables - chard, kale and purple sprouting broccoli - in this video guide.
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