They’re a great way to bring bold colour to your garden, with the added bonus of tasty, homegrown food on your table. Here are five vibrant veggies you can sow this spring:
Carrots are easy to grow from seed and take up little space. You can even grow them in containers – an old metal waste paper basket is perfect. Sow small batches from early spring onwards – this will give you harvests for most of the year.
Beetroot is easy to grow, doesn’t need much space and is perfect for beginner veg growers. It’s also nutritious, tasty and a very versatile ingredient. Sow beetroot seeds little and often, for a continuous crop. Harvest your beetroot when the roots are young, and just about golf ball sized.
Cauliflowers can be grown all year round. But be warned – they take up a lot of space, need rich, deep soil and plenty of water, particularly in warmer weather. You don’t have to stop at the common white varieties – attractive and tasty yellow, green or purple ones can all be enjoyed.
Swiss chard is a delicious alternative to spinach. Plus, it’s easy to grow and fairly low maintenance. It has beautiful ornamental stems and leaves, and is at home in containers, borders and vegetable plots.
Kohlrabi may look strange, but it has a delicious broccoli-like flavour. Green varieties should be sown from mid-spring to mid-summer for cropping in summer. Hardier purple varieties can be sown from mid-summer for harvesting in autumn and winter.
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