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Lower growing than other broad beans but just as tasty. It is ideal if you have a small garden or a very exposed site, where taller beans may suffer wind rock.

A very hardy longpod variety which grows nicely in warm soil, and is tough enough to over-winter. It yields well and produces tender white beans of good quality. Freeze any surplus for future use. Do not sow later than mid January.

Calabrese (Italian broccoli) is a great treat in late summer and early autumn, either steamed and eaten hot, or warm as part of a salad. Once the main head has been harvested, side shoots will be produced for later eating. Sow Date: Feb-Apr . Harvest/Flower Date: Aug-Sep

This superb broccoli provides a very good crop for early spring. Spears are extra large and succulent and can be harvested for up to 4 weeks. A British bred plant with a vigorous habit it performs well even on poorer soils. Extra large succulent spears. British bred. Sow Date: May-Jun.

This calabrese produces a nicely domed head and, once cut, the plant will carry on and grow a good crop of side shoots. It is very tasty steamed or boiled. Sow Feb - April / September - October. Harvest June - September.

One of the earliest and best spring cabbages, Durham Early produces large, solid heads of excellent quality when other vegetables are scarce. It is good used as ‘spring greens’. Firm, pointed hearts. Spring harvest. Sow:Jul-Sep. Blooms: Apr-May.

An improved 'Duchy' type, Dutchman is ideal for growing in smaller gardens or where space is limited. This variety displays good disease resistance and tolerance to bolting producing tender, pointed heads that are sweet and tasty. Sow March - May. Harvest June - October.

This is a versatile variety, ideal for leaf or hearts. Winter Special is a winter hardy type which is slower to form hearts than other varieties, giving it a longer cropping period for tender greens perfect for repeat harvest. Plants can be left to form hearts and treated as Sweetheart Cabbage. Spring greens are packed full of iron and vitamins - a real 'super-food'.

A splendid maincrop which has large, heavy roots that can be lifted from late summer through into winter. A splendid maincrop which has large, heavy roots that can be lifted from late summer through into winter. Great colour and flavour. The roots also store well if cleaned and packed in boxes of dry sand or compost.

One of the most reliable of carrots, which can be cropped for almost five months of the year. The medium size stump roots are evenly shaped and of fine colour. They also store well if cleaned and packed in boxes of dry sand. Sowing & Growing. Sowing Time: Feb-Jun. Harvest From: Jun-Nov.

Ideal for those delicious egg and cress sandwiches, and equally as good in salads. Unbeatable as a garnish too. Sow indoors: all year round. Harvest: cut as required with scissors

It may have been around since 1870, but it is still worth growing James Scarlet Intermediate. It yields a heavy maincrop of long pointed roots, which can be picked young or lifted in late autumn and stored for winter use.