Be a right sew-and-so

Tucking into 50 heads of lettuce and a couple of kilos of radish could be daunting for even the greatest of vegetable-loving families so a little planning and some successional sowing is exactly what is needed to ensure your plot provides a continuous supply of fresh garden delights throughout the season.

Successional sowing simply refers to sowing crops ‘little and often’ and requires a little knowledge of the plants you are growing, some planning to ensure there is space for them to grow, and lots of patience and discipline to ensure small batches are sown regularly as opposed to seeding everything at the same time for handiness sake.

Of course, other commonsense gardening techniques, such as crop rotation and inter-planting should also prevail.