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am told. There is a large box of seed packets which need sorting and sowing, too. We shall return home later with glowingly healthy cheeks and a feeling of satisfaction.It won’t stop me worrying or complaining about the weather though, that would

to what the label says?Nobody?I thought as much.They sowed far too many cabbages, a raft of beetroot and battalions of lettuces. These then grew up slightly congested and choked. The brambles elbowed their way in and I then received a text message asking

. How difficult was that? Looks very hard but let me talk you through the process, step by step:1. Buy seeds2. Disturb ground.3. Sow Seeds3. Go back inside.4. Wait. (There is an option of pouring oneself a cool something at this point in the proceedings

wins.Before the introduction of the potato to Europe in 1536, the parsnip was a much more mainstream vegetable than it is now. Parsnips are pretty easy to grow by sowing directly into the ground around March and April - dig the ground well as lumps

.But this is no longer enough. Next year I want cornflowers (a pretty easy option: direct sow where you need them in spring) in blue and purple; I yearn for chirpy orange calendulas; I pine for the delicate pink Nicotiana mutabilis and, more than anything, I want

ripened and Richard Cox took the pips from the apple marked by his wife and sowed them in the garden. Most did not survive but two seedlings flourished. One became the very first specimen of 'Cox's Orange Pippin', which is probably the most popular apple