If you haven’t already decided which crops to sow this year, then there is no time like the present. You can order your seeds online now and they shouldn’t take too long to arrive. If you have been following a strict crop rotation pattern over the last few years, you might already have planned your beds for the coming year. If not, here are a few ideas of crops that you can start off with now so you can enjoy yummy veg over the coming few months.

If you warm the soil using cloches or even black plastic and are sure that frost is not going to strike your crops down before they get started, you can plant - broad beans, leeks, onions, shallots, peas, parsnips, spinach, carrots, lettuce and Brussels sprouts out now. Make sure you dig in some well rotted compost from your compost heap before you start and you will soon see the shoots starting to emerge.