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Maybe you are so keen to get started that you haven’t got time to read the whole book before getting going. Well this is the page for you! Here are some suggestions for how you can immediately start with a few fast-growing and rewarding crops. References are to pages containing more detailed information on each point.

• Dig over the soil you want to use, removing all weeds (see here).

• Tread lightly to firm the ground, rake it and apply a general fertiliser at 60g/m² (see here).

• In early spring, sow seeds of lettuce, spring onions and leaf radish (see here) and carrots (see here).

• Follow in late spring with French beans (see here), beetroot (see here) and spinach (see here).

• Sow seeds thinly in rows 30 cm (12 in) apart (see here).

• Plant a few seed potatoes in a little soil in a deep pot or plastic drum and top up with soil as growth develops (see here)

• In early summer look for plants of tomatoes, courgettes and sweetcorn in your local garden centre and plant at about 45 cm (18 in) apart (see here).

• For a quick fruit crop look in your garden centre for some part-grown strawberry plants. Grow them in large pots to keep them away from slugs (see here)

• Keep your crops well watered in dry conditions (see here).

• Harvest as soon as crops are big enough and re-sow the same crop for continuity.