Recipes

Festive ideas and inspiration for stylish Christmas decorations such as baubles and garlands, easily handmade at home using foraged and natural materials from the garden

Autumn is a time for comfort food, and home-made pastry with a sticky filling fits the bill. Here is a recipe for seasonal pumpkin pasties by Jojo Tulloh, illustration by Sarah Young

Celebrate the apple, one of Britain's best loved fruits. Launched in 1990 by Common Ground, Apple Day is now an annual autumn event. Photos Andrew Montgomery

There is a huge variety of winter squash and pumpkins out there, all easy to grow in an allotment or garden if you know how. If you want to grow pumpkins for next year, here's a few of our favourites, plus some extra advice on sowing and planting. Illustration Kerry Lemon

The green leaves of summer are a wonderful source of inspiration for flavoursome dishes. Here is a fresh recipe for cured mackerel with a potato and fenugreek salad. Recipe from Jojo Tulloh, illustration by Sarah Young

In a sunny corner of southern Austria, pumpkins are grown for the delicious and fragrant oil yielded by their seeds, an oil now celebrated for its healthy properties. Words by Jonathan Gibbon

Two delicious autumn recipes from Riverford that make the most of seasonal flavours. Words Guy Watson, photography Jason Ingram

August is a plentiful time in the kitchen garden and the allotment. In this recipe, gardener cook Jojo Tulloh defies the summer heat with a quick, simple recipe that makes the most of an abundance of courgettes

As winter approaches, colour begins to drain away from the garden but that doesn't mean it also has to fade from your food. Jojo Tulloh shares her recipe for creating a vivid green, homemade alioli.

Blackcurrants are abundant in the kitchen garden in August. This garden recipe by Jojo Tulloh is a delicious way to use up an extra bowlful of blackcurrants

Enjoy the season's fresh asparagus crop - allotmenteer Jojo Tulloh puts soufflé stereotypes to bed with her straightforward asparagus soufflé tart.

A tasty recipe for parsnip soup that you can cook over an open fire in your garden. Recipe by Cleve West

Cook up this recipe for borlotti bean and red pepper stew and make the most of comforting home-grown flavours. Recipe from Jojo Tulloh

A simple, seasonal mint ice-cream recipe perfect for keeping the kids entertained during the summer holidays. Recipe from 'Gardener Cook' by Christopher Lloyd and Howard Sooley

In last few weeks of summer there is an abundance of fruit. If you're looking for a delicious recipe to use your new harvest of plums, here are three ideas to make plum tarts. Recipe from Jojo Tulloh, illustration from Sarah Young

A summer classic to use the abundance of redcurrant berries in the garden, and a great way to preserve sweet flavours into autumn and winter. This is a traditional recipe for redcurrant jelly by cookery writer Eliza Acton (1799- 1859) from her book, Modern Cookery for Private Families.<em Words by Jojo Tulloh, illustration by Sarah Young

Transform a simple garden pear into a tasty, spiced pudding with this traditional recipe using pastry from Normandy, France. Recipe from Jojo Tulloh, illustration Sarah Young

As the summer nights get shorter, spend as much time eating outside as you can with these outdoor recipes chosen by designer Cleve West, who often cooks at his allotment. Photographs Andrew Montgomery

A chutney, or relish, to go with curry or as a dip for naan bread using green tomatoes, aubergine and chilli grown on an allotment. Recipe by Cleve West