Your best-ever homegrown tomatoes

There is nothing better than harvesting perfectly ripe, home-grown tomatoes from your very own garden. Popping endless cherry toms, still warm from the sun, into your mouth, is blissful. So, too, is a salad platter, thickly layered with slices of beautifully plump beefsteaks. Drizzle over some olive oil, add seasoning and a few basil leaves and surely, that’s heaven on a plate?

But how do you guarantee non-stop pickings and a bumper harvest? Simple, read on as we reveal the results of our growing trails, all designed to establish