KITCHEN SILL ESSENTIALS

You might think there’s no chance of successfully growing chilli, lemongrass and ginger in the UK – there’s no denying they all require heat and humidity to thrive – but these staple ingredients of Asian cooking are perfectly happy on an indoor kitchen shelf.

I care for no fewer than 30 chilli plants in my greenhouse and have recently made space for ginger and lemongrass too. In the winter, these two come into the house, where I also grow more compact varieties of chilli plants. If you don’t