As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…

Sow courgette and squash seeds now so you’ll have seedlings ready to plant outside in early summer. Fill pots or large module trays with peat-free multi-purpose compost. Place one seed in each pot, ab

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it

Fresh experiments signal a season of change in the garden

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg