Gardening

Dave Allan: How to make the most of Scotland's all too short growing season

The growing season in Scotland is all too short so I like to keep the veg beds as full as possible as much as I can. If you use the potager style of gardening, you’ll be used to filling any space as it becomes available, but many of us sometimes have to rethink how to use larger beds. Why let a leek bed stay empty till the end of June or the space for early tatties be vacant after the middle of July?