Grow soft fruit
- Sick of buying bland, overpriced summer fruit? Grow your own!
- It’s cheap, easy, and your taste buds will thank you for it
- Easy-care guide to growing strawberries, blueberries and four others
- Expert advice on where to plant, best varieties and pruning
What's in this guide
Growing tips
How to keep fruit happy and avoid pests, plus stockist details.
Raspberries
Expensive to buy but easy to grow, raspberries are best eaten fresh.
Blackcurrants
Home-grown blackcurrants are ideal for pies and jam.
Gooseberries
Gooseberry bushes are tough, long lived – but thorns are a downside.
Blueberries
Productive, pretty and bursting with health and flavour.
Strawberries
You can’t beat home-grown strawberries for taste.
Blackberries
Thornless varieties are all the rage – and look good too.