I thought I was rubbish at growing carrots. Proper rubbish. My first lot came out looking like they’d been in a fight: forked, tiny, and one of them honestly looked like a leg. A little orange leg. I nearly put a sock on it. Tisha took one look and went, ‘Don’t bother, Dave. Just buy them from the shop’ Then my mate chipped in with the classic: ‘Carrots need posh, stone-free soil.’ Like they’re off to private school. But I’d grown them. Sort of. So I pulled them anyway. We wa

Right then, if your kid has the attention span of a goldfish like mine, this is the one. 7 days from sowing to eating. What You Need Egg box Cotton wool or kitchen roll Cress seeds Water Marker pen Empty egg shells Steps Draw face on egg shell. Wet cotton wool in egg box. Sprinkle cress seeds thick. Water daily — don’t drown. Day 7 haircut — cut with scissors and eat on egg mayo. Top Tips If it goes mouldy you sowed too thick — try again. I do it all the time. Show me your ha