1. Children will be sweet on your homegrown corn

Sweetcorn is a lovely vegetable to grow for yourself especially if you have children and it should be ready to start picking around now.

2. Gardener’s Delight tomato lives up to its name

Earlier this week I had the first tomato of the season.

3. Flower ’bout opening your garden to public?

It takes a particular kind of gardener to decide to open his or her garden to the public.

4. Veggie good way to be productive ’n’ ornamental

My father never wanted to go on holiday for a fortnight because it meant leaving the garden untended for too long.

5. Tuber or not tuber – deciding if spuds are ready

Your own potatoes are a special treat and it is just about time to take a sneaky peek to see if they are ready to start harvesting.

6. Flamboyant flowers offer fab feast for floral judges

THE nights are warming and soon, within a week or two, the threat of frost will be behind us.

In the past, I have been eager to rush to the garden centre to buy bedding plants, impatient to get my summer show on display.

7. Mystery of the hole in the ground

8. Anemone’s a good friend when March winds blow

March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb.

9. Four Easter days to get garden looking perfect

10. Guide to glorious gardens to visit on lazy, hazy days

Six brave gardeners in Berkshire are opening their gardens to the public for the first time this year through the famous Yellow Book scheme.