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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 

Carrots                Chinese Cabbage         Lettuce (late/Winter)            Onion seeds (Japanese)

Peas                   Spinach (winter)           Winter Salads

 

Planting out

Cabbage Plants (Spring)                          Onion Sets                         Rhubarb

Strawberries

 

Harvesting

Apples                  Apricots                      Beetroot                             Blackberries

Broad Beans (spring sowing)                    Beans (Runner/french)         Cabbages

Green Broccoli       Cabbage                    Cauliflower                          Carrots

Chinese Cabbage   Courgettes                 Cucumber                           Lettuce

Marrows                Nectarines                  Onions (Summer)                Pak Choy

Peaches                Pears                        Peas                                  Pumpkin

Radish                   Rocket                      Potatoes                             Spinach

Spring Onions        Squash                      Sweetcorn                          Swiss Chard

Tomatoes              Turnips                       Loganberries

 

Jobs

 

Sow over-wintering green manures 

Compost plant remanants

As soon as you have removed a crop, lightly dig, add some compost or fertiliser and replace with a new crop

Cut down asparagus foliage and mulch bed well 

Tidy up herb plants which have gone to seed.

Draw soil up around broccoli stems to protect from frost.

Stake tall Brussel sprout plants to avoid wind-rock 

Protect fruit from birds

Prune Canes

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