It’s surprising how quickly a new no-dig garden can start to look productive. Even though I only started the beds here at the beginning of April, they are filling up with lovely veg, including brassicas, peas, radish and parsnips, which are starting to sprout. To make the most of the space I’m interplanting as much as I can, such as lettuces between brassicas and radish between parsnips.
In early May, summer crops – including squash, beans, tomatoes and courgettes, started in the greenhouse – are almost ready to plant outside in the middle of the month. I keep fleece on standby as protection against any cold nights. It is cooler here on my Welsh hillside than it
