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Top five easiest veg to get growing

Below are the top five easy vegetables that the One Pot Pledge® team recommend to anyone who wants to give growing a go. All you need is a pot, some peat-free compost and some seeds.

Summer salad leaves: Possibly the easiest thing to get started with is salad leaves. Using your pot, seeds and compost, you will need to wait between 4-12 weeks until you can tuck into your tasty greens. The bonus is, if you harvest them correctly, they’ll keep on going throughout the summer months!
Rocket: Notoriously expensive in shops, rocket is a delicious leaf that can be grown easily in a pot within a month. It needs a partially shady spot too so you don’t even have the lack of a sunny windowsill as an excuse.
Coriander: Any Indian curry lover’s must have, coriander only takes two months to grow from seed to plant. Sow in a pot, keep in a sunny spot, water regularly and wait until harvest time. Great added to salads too.
Beans: if you want to grow something in a bigger pot, French, Dwarf or Purple beans are easy and can supply you with a summers worth of delicious greens. Those you don’t eat you can dry out and cook up in a stew later in the year. Beans take between two to three months to go from seed to plant, and need a sheltered spot outside.
Basil: Instead of buying a pot of basil from the supermarket which dies within a week (this isn’t your fault - there are so many seedlings crammed in the pot that they quickly outgrow the space) why not grow your own basil plant. Not only will it be healthier than any shop-bought variety, it should last into the autumn if you look after it well and keep it in a sunny spot.

For more information on what to grow, step by step advice and offers on gardening starter packs, go to www.onepotpledge.org

One Pot Pledge® concept devised by Food Up Front