First, a confession: pruning is my all-time favourite gardening task. I love the sound of well-sharpened secateurs slicing a ...

I always featured many cut-and-come-again vegetables in the productive gardens I managed as a professional kitchen gardener.

'While four o'clock plants need water to thrive, their tubers will rot if they are in waterlogged soil,' says Juliet. 'Choose a site where the soil is well-drained, or amend the soil accordingly.' ...