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Growing together...

Now’s the time to pot-on your seed-raised plants or buy plants in your local garden centre. Our RHS wisley fruit and veg team gives exclusive video tips and advice (right) on growing your own, including monthly updates for tomatoes, sweetcorn, and salad onions. We've also got the jobs you should be doing now, a new allotments section and our handy A-to-Z of fruit and veg.

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This month

Jobs to do

Earth up potatoes

Earth up potatoes (draw soil up around the shoots) when the shoots are 23cm (9in high).
Plant out tomatoes

Once all risk of frost has passed, plant out tomato, courgette and pumpkin plants sown under cover.
Sow in small pots now

Sow seed of frost-tender runner and dwarf (French) beans in pots to produce sturdy young plants for setting out.

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Download: veg planner

Our handy veg planner helps you decide what to do & when for each crop. (66KB Adobe Acrobat pdf)

On the allotment

Growing for taste

For the tastiest fruit and vegetables get crucial advice from garden writer Matt Biggs on planting, growing and harvesting at ideal times.

New allotments advice

Whether you're growing in allotments, gardens or raised beds, here's all the practical knowhow you need from RHS experts to help you grow your tastiest fruit and vegetables.

Latest recipes

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From plot to plate...

This year we’re growing for taste, so what better reason for us to improve our recipes section to give you ideas and inspiration for cooking up a storm from your kitchen garden.

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Fun recipes for kids

These fun recipes are easy to make and taste fantastic too. We have lots of recipes to tantalise your tastebuds all year round.

Growing with kids

Ideas and tips

We have loads of ideas to help get your kids growing with you. They’ll be excited to watch their veg grow and it’s a great way to get them eating more of it!

Time to get busy!

There's plenty to do in the garden in May. Here's our checklist of things to do in the garden.

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