IN THE GARDEN WITH SARAH RAVEN
‘Courgettes are happy with direct sowing, and basil and zinnias positively prefer it’
May is my favourite month. The countryside is beautiful; fluffy with cow parsley and hawthorn blossom, the woods full of bluebells and it’s the first moment we can pick armfuls of flowers and trug-loads of produce from the vegetable garden. It’s also light now, right into the evening, so you can walk out just before you want to eat and pick dinner.
What to sow now
With the soil moist and warm, the next few weeks are
