Plus out advice about beating carrot root fly. We share our growing tips for carrots and our Best Buy varieties. Carrot ‘Bambino’ didn’t germinate in any of our pots and so has been excluded from our ...

Plus out advice about beating carrot root fly. We share our growing tips for carrots and our Best Buy varieties. Carrot ‘Bambino’ didn’t germinate in any of our pots and so has been excluded from our ...

Q. How do you go about choosing varieties of seeds to grow? Do you grow the same ones or do you select new (to you) varieties ...

The weather has been up and down lately. One moment, it’s freezing cold; the next, there’s a mini-heatwave. It makes me glad ...

Violas are another gorgeous flower that can be planted in February.

“Your carrots need plenty of depth to grow, so containers should be 40-50cm deep, depending on the variety.” And remember to keep the soil well-watered, as carrot seeds love moist environments.

January is more than halfway through meaning it is time to start getting some jobs done in the garden ready for summer ...

"Your carrots need plenty of depth to grow, so containers should be 40-50cm deep, depending on the variety." And remember to keep the soil well-watered, as carrot seeds love moist environments.

There are hundreds of varieties and ... decided against growing carrots. For the past two growing seasons, they have been ruined by black tunnelling left by carrot rust fly larvae feeding.

The biggest advantage of ordering your own seeds is that you get a wider choice of varieties ... to what they can grow. A trick I’ve learned is to order pelleted onion, carrot and lettuce ...