Ursula Cholmeley recommends sowing sweet peas now for stronger plants that will better withstand the weather

It’s time to begin the garden tidy up, but don’t leave borders bare and featureless. There’s opportunities to plant bulbs in pots, borders and lawns, sow sweet peas and take evergreen cuttings

Pea can be sown now, either to overwinter and harvest as pods in early summer or to harvest as pea shoots throughout autumn and winter. Pea shoots are the perfect crop for a tiny space and will produc

Broad beans: Start these seeds now and in a few months time you will be able to enjoy an early harvest. Cauliflowers: Sow early summer types now and place under a cold frame to offer them some protect

With drier springs becoming the norm, autumn is now the prime season for action in the garden

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