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to harvest your crop within six weeks.Radish seedsRakeWooden guidespring and summer15 minutes for sowingsix weeks after sowingRake an area level to remove stones and weeds. Using a wooden guide make sowing channels 1cm deep.Sow radish seeds 2-4cm apart, cover

singly, 5cm apart, from late April to july. remove alternate roots when they are half-grown, leaving the rest to grow on to reach maturity. even these half-grown thinnings are useful and can be eaten as baby beet in salads. Beetroot seed is cheap

snap when bent. Hold the stem as you remove each pod to reduce the risk of damage to the plant.AdamHarden off peas before planting out. Whether raised in a greenhouse or bought as plants, this will reduce the risk of a sudden check in their growth

weather.Pumpkins have female and male flowers. Males only last a day, so remove them as they fade to reduce the risk of grey mould. if sun levels are low, take out leaves overshadowing the fruits (take out all that have mildew) as this encourages ripening

-free compost to the bottom of the hole, to aid moisture retention.Water the plant, then gently remove it from the pot. Tease out the roots, then settle the rootball into the hole.Plant deeply, so the top of the rootball is 5-8cm below the soil surface

June - SeptemberMix together equal parts of multi-purpose compost and perlite for an open, free-draining compost. Then, gently remove each plug from its module, by pushing up from the bottom with a pencil.Fill 7-8cm pots with compost, leaving a gap at the top

loudly. I put the theory to test by removing the bin lid, emptying a bucket of cold water on to the heap every day and hitting the bin with a rake whenever I went past. The rat was indeed evicted, but it always returned within a few days. There’s a limit