Winter sowing allows you to plant seeds weeks or even months earlier than ... such as broccoli and other brassicas, spinach, peas, radishes, and spring onions, can be started in winter too.
January is a good time to sow sweet pea seeds; although the seeds can be started off in the autumn for earlier flowers, the battle with mice and rotting off can often mean that a New Year sowing ...
Sow seeds in a cold frame in autumn or straight into the ground in spring, and you'll be eating sweet, tender peas straight from the pod all through the summer months. Peas come in two varieties ...
Fork over the soil two or three weeks before sowing to encourage the weed seeds in the soil to germinate. They can then be hoed off before sowing crops. Remove the first flush of weeds.
November - Broad beans, peas, shallots, bare root gooseberry ... and provide an instant sense of accomplishment. "Just sow the seeds evenly in seed compost, or even on moist kitchen paper ...