Nothing satisfies the palate more than the flavour of new potatoes dug fresh from the garden. Check out these fabulous gourmet varieties that are ideal for the home and urban gardener. Whether you’re baking, roasting, grilling, steaming, frying, or chipping, there’s a potato for every use in your kitchen. Amarosa A mid-season fingerling with smooth red skin and red flesh, so much

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Bringing fresh-cut dahlias from the garden into the kitchen is a summer delight. Not only do you get to enjoy the vibrant beauty of the flowers – gathering and arranging them – but it’s satisfying to know that you grew them yourself. Dahlias are one of the easiest flowers to grow and are incredibly rewarding. The more you cut them,

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Enhance the beauty of shady spaces with blooms thriving in low light. Tuberous begonias are an ideal choice, as their gorgeous flowers can last for weeks. Once the first buds appear, they bloom continuously from June right up to the first frost. Don’t let their beauty deceive you. Begonias may look delicate, fragile, and fussy, but they’re actually tough and very easy

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Create your own showing of spring flowers by forcing bulbs indoors. Pots of sunny Tête à Tête Narcissi and Muscari are easy to force and come midwinter, you’ll welcome the brilliant colour and exquisite fragrance. These hardy flowers bloom only after forcing bulbs, receiving a cold treatment that simulates winter. If you want spring flowers to bloom in January and February,

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