Here’s the route to chrysanths that are headed for exhibition

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

Give them a trim and feed so they’re ready for spring

Pot them up now for early colour and free plants from the new shoots

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

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