Sweetcorn can be sown in modules in mid-late April and planted out and fleeced four weeks later once frosts are not a threat - after 15th May. Sow 8 modules with 2 seeds in each module, 1-2cm deep, an...

Carrots and parsnips are both root crops and should be planted directly into the soil, not transplanted. They are often sown early in the season but often do better by being sown later in April or ear...

All of these crops can all be sown in a seed bed, pots or a seed tray in late May, around 25 May. Seedlings should be pricked out a week or two later and planted out in late June. We shall sow in a pr...

All of our sowings so far have been in modules or in rows in small seed trays (remember the lettuces and cabbages) before pricking out. Now that the soil is much warmer we shall sow some seeds outside...