But if you’re fortunate enough to have a decent-sized patch – or just a strong desire to grow cabbages – then it’s a good time to get them started. Spring cabbages sown now – in good quality sowing compost in a modular tray – will grow swiftly in summer’s ideal conditions. If you do plant spring cabbages (like ‘Duncan’, pictured) closer together, harvest some as spring greens and leave the remainder to keep growing until they develop into full heads. From seed to harvest, spring cabbages – grown in plenty of sun and nutrient rich, well-draining soil – take around six months to reach maturity. My favourite thing about the brassica family to which cabbages belong is that they are edible from the off, so you could grow cabbages as microgreens should that interest you.