Four easy lots of vegetable seeds for the new gardener to grow are:

Radish - French Breakfast

• sow from March to July
• 1cm deep very thinly
• thin plants to 5cm apart within the row
• may be ready in 5 weeks

Carrots

• sow from March to July
• sow 1cm deep very thinly
• thin to one plant every 7cm
• grow carrot fly resistant varieties.

• plant May - June, or earlier in pots to be planted out after the last frost
• need plenty of room - 1sq meter per plant
• dig a hole the size of a bucket and fill it with compost. Tread it down and cover the compost with half the soil taken out of the hole
• plant the seed in the soil
• surround the seed with a circle of rough gravel or soot, to keep the slugs away
• feed the courgettes every 2 weeks once they are fruiting

Runner beans - Summer Medley

• plant May - June, or earlier in pots to be planted out after the last frost
• productive & look pretty
• varieties - Scarlet Emperor or Painted Lady
• grow in a trench 50cm deep and with plenty of well rotted manure
• put the soil back in the trench and push 3 beans in a group - 5cm down, 25cm apart
• make a bamboo frame or wigwam - with a pole at each group of beans
• tie the young plants in as they grow. The plants wind themselves round the poles without help
• pick the beans every day to ensure more keep coming

4 easy vegetable seeds for the novice gardener to grow are radish, carrots, courgettes and runner beans.