Are your artichokes early?

It is still not too late to sow French and runner beans – you can keep sowing these until June, but be aware that they won’t be ready to harvest until late July and August.

Dwarf French beans: ‘Sungold’, ‘Sprite’, ‘Cannellino’, ‘Royalty’, ‘Primavera’, ‘Presto’ a flagolet bean; climbing French beans: ‘Heritage Climbing Bean’, ‘Eva’, ‘Cobra’, ‘Barlotta Lingua di Fuoco’, ‘Corona d’Oro’, ‘Violet Podded’; runner beans: ‘Moonlight’, ‘Painted Lady’ and ‘Lady Di’ plus one variety of soya bean called ‘Elena’.