

I cannot sing the praises of the humble beetroot enough. Beetrootīeetroots are delicious cooked in a variety of ways, depending on the season During April and May, I feel gardening becomes an art form of delicately balanced judgement and action. If you grow under cover, there is a daily ritual of checking temperatures and deciding whether you need to open and close doors and windows to keep the temperatures from becoming so high that they cook the young plants, or so low that they get frost burn.

I also think of it as a restless, frustrating month, as the weather is not usually kind enough to direct sow into the soil or to plant out many seedlings in the open ground.
