Check out my article all about my allotment that I've recently taken over. It's easy to grow your own fruit and vegetables, even if you don't have an allotment. And with genetically modified foods, and the rise in prices at the supermarkets, growing your own is definitely worth it!

Different fruits are delicious and healthy snacks that should be a vital part of everyone's diet. However, sometimes it is difficult to know whether a fruit is ripe and while a ripe fruit is delicious and under-ripe or over-ripe fruit is not as tasty. Check out these easy guides as to tell if fruits are ripe.

Here in the UK the raspberry season is about to begin and you'll find us gardeners, for the next two or three months, entangled in bird netting and wrestling with the thorny task of harvesting … that is, if we can get to the crop before the mice