Lia Leendertz

Look through any textbook on edible gardening and certain phrases come up again and again.

If your potatoes and tomatoes have avoided late blight so far this summer, then this is no time to smugly count your lucky stars:

Easter is usually the moment when even the fair weather gardeners among us fling open our doors and get out gardening.

Rather than one glut in late summer you can keep your veg patch going for much longer – don’t slack off now and reap the rewards later

Take your garden’s hardwood cuttings and them in winter, when they are dormant

From tending winter brassicas to planting fruit trees, there is plenty to keep you busy in the garden this month

From greenhouses to vegetable plots, these are the garden essentials you need to take care of this month

From greenhouses to flower gardens, these are the essentials you need to take care of this month

These early summer flowers always bring colour and pizzazz to the party and thrive in many different garden situations

July is another month in which sitting back and enjoying the garden that you have created should be one of your main tasks