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A stalwart winter vegetable which has many uses. Thinnings make excellent salad vegetables. Young plants are raised in a seed bed and then transplanted to their final growing positions, possibly wh...

Modern varieties will give good results in our climate and Sweet Corn is another one of those vegetables that tastes so much better picked and cooked immediately. Sweet Corn must be grown in a su...

An easy crop to grow and to judge by our sales, one of the nation’s favourite vegetables! The roots are best picked when young and cooked fresh. Pickling is another option. If roots are stored in w...

Both sweet and chilly peppers have increased in popularity over recent years. Both are grown in a similar way to tomatoes; chillies are easier to grow. They produce a better crop when grown in a gr...

All these crops are closely related - often confusingly so, and are grown in the same way. They need a sunny position, a moisture-retentive soil and somewhere out of cold winds.

The best cucumbers are those grown indoors - and of course, they crop earlier. However, they do need a fair bit of care and attention, which makes outdoor growing an easier proposition. Different v...

Turnip is a very versatile vegetable - it can be harvested when mature or young, cooked or eaten raw and the young tops can be used like spring greens. They are quick to mature and easy to grow.

The heat treating process takes several months, but the process means they establish and grow very rapidly, giving higher yields - and with less risk of prematurely running to seed or 'bolting'. Th...