SUCCESSION SOW
Carry on sowing quickgrowing staples like lettuce, radish, spring onions and beetroot. Sow short rows every few weeks, making new sowings as the previous germinate.
HARVEST FIRST EARLIES
First early potatoes may be ready to harvest. They have less foliage than maincrop varieties, making it harder to tell when they’re ready, so dig up a few plants to check.
PROPAGATE STRAWBERRIES
Pin down strawberry runners on to the ground or pots of compost to propagate new plants. Cut the runners off if you don’t need any new plants.
START FOLLOW-ON CROPS
Sow vegetables to follow on from earlier crops. This includes winter staples like kale, sprouting broccoli and swede, together with maincrop carrots for storing.
PICK, PULL AND SOW
June is a glorious month in the kitchen garden: the first fresh and tender pickings of the season are finally under way. But this is just the start, with so
