Spring’s here and it’s time for beds

A simple frame plonked on the grass will give you a veggie garden in a jiff, explains Kitty Scully.

Whether you plan to grow vegetables in open ground, containers or on windowsills, understanding your soil and knowing how to build it up, is the key to producing great vegetables. This should be taken into account before you consider sowing crops.

To quote one of my heroes, Lady Eve Balfour (1899-1990), founder of the UK Soil Association: “The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.”