1 HOUR to make a difference

If time is short, focus on one satisfying task – and the rest of the garden can wait

When it’s chilly outside, it is rewarding to set up your own miniature veg patch indoors by raising some micro leaves on your windowsill. Collect some plastic vegetable punnets with drainage holes and fill them with seed compost, then sow a selection of micro greens. These are simply vegetable and herb seedlings, such as chard, beetroot, rocket, basil and coriander (try johnsons-seeds.com), that are harvested very young – within 16-21 days. Although they can be a bit slower to get going in winter, they should soon furnish you with a tasty and nutritious crop.