Kitchen garden

Herbs, salads and easy vegetables you can grow in a small space.

• Growing early potatoes in bags

  How to chit seed potatoes, plant them in deep bags on a patio, earth them up as they grow and tell when the first crop is ready.

• Growing herbs on a sunny windowsill

  Which herbs grow well indoors, how much light they need, and the watering mistakes that kill most windowsill pots.

• Growing salad leaves in containers

  How to sow cut-and-come-again salad leaves in pots and troughs, pick them so they regrow, and keep a steady supply all summer.

• Growing tomatoes in pots on a patio

  How to plant, support, water and feed tomatoes in pots so they crop well, with tips on side shoots, split fruit and the end of the season.