Kitchen Garden

SOW EXCITING

The start of a new year is always an exciting one for vegetable growers. Since the new catalogues have come out, many of us will have been flipping back and forth through the pages of each one – or similarly online – thinking about ordering old favourites or trying something new. As usual, there is a good range of new varieties on offer – some new altogether, some new to a particular seed company. So here are some that stood out for me – but also look out for more on our What’s New pases in the coming months!

JUST TOMTASTIC

There always seems to be something new on the horizon when it comes to toms and more are offering resistance to blight – especially significant if you grow your tomatoes outdoors where plants are more prone. One not to miss surely is ‘Merrygold F1’ from Mr Fothergill’s. This

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