What Can I Grow in August?

Use the links I have in the left margin and visit seed suppliers, they just love to tell you what you can buy and grow each month.

Here is a prime example from MoreVeg 

AUGUST SOWING GUIDE

August Sowing Guide

In the open you can sow:

Baby leaves – SPECIAL OFFER

Beetroot*

Broccoli Raab

Cabbages – spring varieties such as April,

     Durham Early, Evergreen or Wheelers Imperial

Calabrese Marathon

Carrots*

Chicory

Collard – Georgia Southern

Corn Salad

Cress

Endive *

Florence Fennel

Flowers – Calendula (Wintersun), Honesty, Larkspur

& beautiful Poppies (Papavers)

Green Manures – Crimson Clover, Fodder Radish,                    Field Mustard & Phacelia

Herbs – Basil (British), Borage, Caraway, Celery Leaf,                Chervil, coriander Filtro, Lavender, Marsh

                Mallow & Stridolo

Kale – Hungry Gap, Premier, Red Russian &

Scarlet

Kohl Rabi

Leaf Beat

Lettuce – massive range to love

Mibuna

Mizuna

Mustard Leaf

Okahijiki

Onions – SPECIAL OFFER  

Oriental veggies – Chinese Amaranth, Chinese         Broccoli, Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum,           Komatsuna, Mibuna, Mizuna,                                 Mustard Leaves, Namenia, Okahijiki, Orach,                 Pak Choi & Shungiku

Parsley

Purslane, Summer and Winter*

Radish & Mooli Radish

Rocket 

Spinach – SPECIAL OFFER

Spring Onions – yes you can sow in summer!

Texel Greens*

Turnips

* as autumn cools down these will need protection (cloches or fleece)

 

+An unheated greenhouse or a polytunnel help to extend your season.  You can sow any of the following in seed trays or modules to transplant under cover for eating over the winter: Celery leaf, red and sugar loaf chicory, Chinese broccoli and cabbage, choy sum, corn salad, endive, fennel, land cress, lettuce, mibuna, mizuna, mustard leaf, salad rocket and senposai