■ Jack Wallington is an organic grower who gardens on a windswept hill in the Pennines of West Yorkshire. His veg plot is home to many wild animals, insects and wildflowers.
In June my balance tips from sowing seeds to care and harvesting – two activities that take far longer than is ever expected. This has focused my mind on vegetables that require less prep time from plant to plate.
While I love delicious fresh peas and broad beans, always growing some, the hassle of removing their pods has encouraged me to cut this step. Increasingly I pick them young, when the
