Carrots

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

KITCHEN GARDENER

Here’s how to give your garden the best start for a vibrant spring display

Nothing beats home-grown crops for flavour, but if a kitchen garden with its regimented rows of fruit and vegetables doesn’t appeal, then consider creating a pretty potager

Although the garden may hold less appeal for some when rain is lashing the windows and temperatures are down in single figures than in those hopeful, sun-warmed days of spring, there is a lot to be sa

Garlic is marvellous. Even after growing it for a decade, I still delight at the way a single clove develops into a delicious bulb with minimal fuss. The only care they need is to be watered and kept