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Growing guides

 

Introduction

Crop rotation

Month by month

Planting and harvesting

 

Month by month

 

January  February  March  April  May  June July  August  September October  November December

 

Sowing outdoors/under cloche

Broad Beans               Cauliflower (all year)          Lettuce (Winter)             Onion seeds (Japanese)

Peas (winter or early)   Spinach (winter)

 

Planting out

Cabbage (Spring)        Garlic                               Rhubarb                         Strawberries

 

Harvesting

Red Cabbage             Savoy Cabbage                  Carrots                          Lettuce

Peas                         Spinach                             Turnips

 

Jobs

 

Dig and weed all empty beds for the winter. Add manure and compost as necessary

Sow over-wintering green manures

Tidy up any herb plants which have gone to seed

Clean out greenhouse and cold frames

Cover any remaining semi-soft fruit and vegetables with cloches or poly tunnels.

Check sheds, greenhouses etc and make sure they are water-tight and secured against the wind

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