Growing vegetables can be hugely rewarding, but what happens when your lovingly tendered veg doesn't thrive? In this episode of Ask Alan, Alan Titchmarsh will answer questions on growing successful root vegetables, stopping vegetables from bolting, finding the ideal tomato and the best growing medium in raised beds. Don't forget to listen for the Wild Card question to see if it's your's!

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Hear Alan Titchmarsh solve your gardening problems in a new podcast series Ask Alan, where he’ll answer questions on plants for tricky places, offer solutions for unhappy plants, give garden design ideas, examine how to cope with weeds, pests and diseases, give tips on pruning, roses and more. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday through February and March. If you’ve got a gardening question you’d like to Ask Alan, then please leave it in the comments below or go to gardenersworld.com/podcast/questions

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Sow Nigella seeds for a mass of beautiful flowers through the summer months, followed by gorgeous balloon like seed capsules in autumn.

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What role does nature play in our mental and emotional wellbeing? Beth Collier, a Nature Allied Psychotherapist and ethnographer, teaches woodland living skills and natural history and helps people connect with the natural world to support their mental health. Beth shares how nature can nurture during therapy, the barriers people of colour face in accessing outdoor spaces and how we can create more inclusive natural environments.

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Community gardens play a vital role in making green space accessible to everyone, particularly those in inner city areas where gardens are at a minimum. Such spaces are also a great source of wellbeing through gardening and volunteering opportunities, gatherings and events, places to grow food and help combat climate change, and most importantly connect with nature. In this episode, Stephen Mason, gardener at The Hoxton Trust Community Garden in East London, and a pioneer in growing green spaces for everyone, shares his thoughts about the power of community gardens, the many benefits they provide, and how to set one up.

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Crunchy, bright and full of peppery flavour, the radish is one of the quickest and easiest crops to grow.

Enjoy growing along with the seeds in this month’s magazine.

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Significantly reduce your stress levels, improve your ability to concentrate, and alleviate depression, using plants. Kathy Willis, professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, explains the dramatic impact plants have on our mental and physical health, and shares the wealth of scientific evidence from around the world that proves the power of nature.

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How does the food we eat shape our health, wellbeing and connection to the planet? Daphne Lambert is a medicinal chef, nutritionist and founding member of the Greencuisine Trust and has spent decades exploring the profound links between food, health and sustainability. From running an award-winning organic restaurant to teaching about soil, gut health and the food matrix, she shares how gardeners can nourish themselves through their harvests the emotional and social power of food.

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They're fun plants and they get their name from the fact that if you gently squeeze the mouth of the flower it opens wide, just like a Chinese dragon.

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When he received his type 2 diabetes diagnosis, gardener and writer Andrew Oldham took his gardening expertise to a new level, growing on his hillside plot in the Pennines to bring back his health. Discover how Andrew’s down to earth gardening and cooking has helped him lose weight and reverse his type 2 diabetes.

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