With temperatures hotting up and the sowing and planting season seemingly behind us, it’s easy to keep our focus on maintaining the crops we have growing and harvesting already, but there are still lots of seeds you can sow this month to make sure you have a steady harvest over the coming weeks and months to see you into autumn and winter.

A few years ago, waking up to rain would have brought a cloud of dismay and disappointment to my morning, opportunities for outdoor exploits ruined by the weather. Now, as I watch the fat drops of rain roll down the window pane, I smile and feel a wave of anticipation and excitement - the plants really need this and the deluge brings with it the hope of continued life and abundant harvests.

May is an ideal month to get direct sowing a huge range of vegetable seeds to ensure you have a full crop of vegetables to see you through the season. Here’s what you can plant in May.

May is here and it is an absolute belter here in the UK. We have had back to back, glorious sunshine for weeks on end now, which is wonderful for our souls! It’s wonderful for our plants in some ways - the consistently warm temperatures have meant fast growth and being able to plant out without fear of an unexpected late frost as we have experienced in some years (I remember having to fleece all my plants including my potatoes a few years ago in mid May!)

Spring is an important season for gardeners and allotmenteers as we start sowing for the year ahead, but what if you don’t have a greenhouse or polytunnel to start your seedlings off in? After all, greenhouses can be very expensive and we don’t all have the space for a full size greenhouse. Well, fear not! There are a number of solutions that mean you don’t have to spend a fortune or be without growing space for those precious seedlings.

It’s time! We’ve waited patiently through the dark, dank and wet months of winter, we’ve resisted the urge to sow seeds too soon when the first inklings of spring started to emerge through the grey clouds in February, and now the time has come…get those seed boxes out people, seed sowing time has arrived!

The warmer weather of March means that we gardeners need to get cracking with our to do lists to make sure everything is prepared and ready for the coming months when we will be planting out our carefully nurtured seedlings and carefully sowing our favourite vegetable and flower seeds directly into the ground. With longer daylight hours we have more time to be outside in, whether at the allotment or in your garden, here are 5 things you can do this month to get ready for the coming growing season.

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February is a time of excitement for us growers, signifying the near start of the new growing season. As we start to sort through seeds, plan our spaces and even start sowing a few early crops or flowers, we feel the stirring anticipation of what the year ahead may bring. There are a number of jobs you can get ahead with this month while we wait patiently for the longer hours of daylight and warmer temperatures.