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UK gardening expert Ciar Byrne says now were in the second half of March its time to start seed-sowing. This is the most economical way to grow your favourite plants and one of the most satisfying.

Val Bourne is an award-winning writer, organic hands-on gardener and committed plantaholic - and here she gives readers the full lowdown on growing your own veg

Potatoes are among the easiest veg to grow for newcomers – and the start of the year is the time to start thinking. Even if you only have a small…

A FAMILY is living and trading off the land at their farm in Mawbray. Mawbray Potatoes sells fresh produce to residents of Maryport, Workington and Silloth, the Armstrong family are keeping an 80 year-old tradition alive with the business. Couple Rodney and Annabelle Armstrong and their son Michael are operating a self-sustaining business from their farm in Mawbray. Under normal circumstances they would sell fresh produce from the farm at the markets in Workington and Silloth. But dur...

SO, how many different types of potato do you reckon are grown around this world of ours? And just what proportion of them can you buy in the shops? The answer to the former is more than 500. And to the latter? About 15. That is one of the powerful arguments for growing your own. The others, of course, are taste and efficacy — knowing that those fresh potatoes came from your own hand, grown in your own, good, earth. I can’t believe that nearly a year has spun by since I wrote my last ...