There may be few blooms now, but you can dream and plan for summer color and texture. There are flowers to sow in January ...

During the summer months ... It’s a little late to sow leek seed now, but young plants are readily available in most garden ­centres. Vegetables can be demanding of nutrients and moisture ...

If you have not already now is the time to get a summer vegetable garden planted. There are so many great vegetables to plant now. Tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers, corn, pumpkins are best planted ...

It was the main source of fresh fruit and vegetables ... We now grow aubergines, peppers, chillies, tomatoes, tomatillos and lemon grass without any shelter in the summer, although the plants ...

This year I have planted one courgette plant. This will produce sufficient courgettes for summer salads ... but this year I am opting for my raised vegetable garden where I also have sunflowers ...

This year, we have identified lettuce varieties that tolerate heat and produce a bumper crop of crisp leaves. These “Summer ...

Now is a great time to plant hardy fruit trees, shrubs and vines. Chilly temperatures have not been good for our fall warm-season vegetables, like tomatoes, snap beans, eggplants and squash.