Kevin Smith Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine • @kevin smithgarden
What are the easiest vegetables for a beginner to grow?
Grow-your-own pro Lucy Chamberlain shares her handy hints.
Vegetables that beginner gardeners can succeed with include tomatoes, and you can easily buy plants of patio varieties (such as Veranda Red) at garden centres. These compact plants need no specialist training, unlike other tomatoes; simply place them somewhere sunny in a large (30cm diameter) tub of multipurpose compost, keep them