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Plant your garden

How do you know when it is the right time to plant garden peas? When do you plant out seedlings? When is it the right time to harvest?

Follow our easy planting guides:

Planting Peas

Peas are the perfect vegetable for growing in your own organic garden. Their taste is far superior to any shop bought variety. Eat them raw in a salad, or lighly boil, or steam them. Serve with a knob of butter and sprig of mint.

Step-by-step guide: How to grow garden peas

Planting Sweetcorn

Sweetcorn needs warmth and sunshine if it is to ripen properly, it is a tall plant and may need staking to stop it from blowing over. Eat the ripe cobs as soon as they are picked, and never let them lie around as they soon deteriorate.

Step-by-step guide: How to grow sweetcorn

Planting Potatoes

What could be nicer than a handful of new potatoes, lifted straight from your own garden? Simply rinse them under the tap, quickly boil or steam, and serve with a knob of butter .... scrumptious!

Planting Beetroot

Beetroot is best eaten young, when it is sweet and tasty. It can be eaten raw on a salad, boiled and used as a vegetable or it can be pickled. Why not make a beetroot jelly? A tuly versatile vegetable that is well worth growing..

Planting Carrots

There are many different varieties of carrot available these days, so don't stick to the uniformed regularity of the mass produced supermarket variety! Try round carrots, stubby carrots, hairy carrots or white carrots. I do tend to grow curly carrots myself, mainly due to too many stones in the soil!

Planting Parsnips

Parsnips are an archetypal autumn root vegetable.They have a distinctive sweet, earthy taste when roasted in the oven. Glaze them with honey for a special occasion.

Planting Brussels sprouts

Brussel sprouts are best picked when they are young. They seem to have a nuttier, sweeter taste. Boil with walnuts and serve with a traditional Christmas dinner..... wonderful!

Planting Spinach

Spinach is highly nutritious and can be picked almost all of the year. It is best grown in cooler climates as it does tend to bolt if the weather is too hot and dry.

Planting Kale

Kale is an easy to grow vegetable and is generally trouble free. As you can see, kale can be harvested at any time of the year, as it withstands even the hardiest of frosts.

Planting Swiss chard and spinach beet

Swiss chard is not only grown for its edible, spinach like leaves, but also for it's colour. Both Swiss chard and spinach beet are related to the beetroot family, and this shows through the vibrant red of the stems.