Grow your own oyster mushrooms with just straw, a plastic bag and mushroom spawn

Shiitake mushrooms are delicious but really expensive. However, with just a little effort and some patience you can easily grow your own at home. Growing shiitake mushrooms needs little in the way of materials...

Aubergines are tricky in the UK but can be successful if grown under cover. They should be started early, and pampered!

Courgettes are definitely a member of the ‘Most Awaited Crops’ group in the UK and can give you a harvest from June right through to the first frost - and even longer under cover.

Indoors or outdoors, growing cucumbers is easy provided you take good care of the seedlings.

Easy to grow and easy to cook, the lowly chard - while not perhaps the most exciting vegetable in the garden - is definitely one of the most reliable.

Learn how to remove tomato tar, the tacky yellow powder that comes off tomato plants and leaves green stains on fabric.