Vegetables to Sow in August & Reminder to Pre-Order Your Onions & Garlic

It’s August and there’s still time to sow Vegetables to eat before Winter in December and there’s still time to sow seeds to bag a Spring Harvest.

Also now is the time to Pre-order your Onion Sets & Garlic Online (if you are in the UK) ready to plant in November to Harvest July & August next year.

Hercules F1 Onion

Top Tip ! Many online retailers sell out of the ever popular Elephant Garlic where each individual clove is the size of a normal bulb of garlic. It is a mild tasting garlic and I intend to grow it this year so I’m pre-ordering it!

Seeds to Sow in August for a Spring Harvest

  • Spring Cabbage – Varieties: April, Greyhound, Durham Early.
  • Kale – Varieties to Sow: Nero di Toscana, Migdnight Sun, Dwarf Green Curled, Red Russian, Hungry Gap.
  • Carrots – Varieties to Sow: Marion F1, autumn king 2, Eskimo F1.
  • Onions – Overwintering Seeds to Sow: Senshyu Yellow, Alisa Craig. harvest in June.
Vegetables to Sow in August

Seeds to Sow in August for an Autumn Harvest

  • Kohl Rabi – a German cabbage – Varieties to Sow: White or red.
  • Chard – Varieties to Sow: Any but Rainbow Lights are the prettiest.
  • Florence Fennel – Varieties to Choose: Romanesco.
  • Chicory – Varieties to Sow: Radicchio.
  • Winter Lettuce – Varieties to Sow: All year round, arctic king.
  • Oriental Veg – Chinese cabbage, pak Choi, mustard leaves.
  • Radish and Winter Radish.
  • Spring Onions – Varieties to Sow: Winter Hardy White Lisbon.
  • Spinach – Varieties to Sow: giant winter, matador, banjo or Perpetual Spinach.
  • Potatoes – Buy Tubers in July and Early August and plant in large containers for a Christmas Harvest.
  • Cauliflower – Autumn – Sow in July or August for harvest December or January. Variety: Bola de Nieve

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