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    Betwixt AND BETWEEN

    Jan 13, 2020 2 minutes
    TEXT JANE GRIFFITHS

    Keeping a vegetable garden productive all year round takes planning. Quick-to-harvest vegetables are ideal for sowing between seasons, ensuring a continual harvest when the big summer performers are coming to an end and winter crops are not yet producing.

    WHAT TO PLANT

    BUSH BEANS

    These don’t yield as prolifically as climbing beans, but they reach harvest much quicker – about 40–60 days after

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