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[Flo]

Hi

 

I am a bit of a sporadic veg grower, but I am doing quite well this year. I am trying to plan ahead for the next few months, but I am not really sure what grows from late summer into winter to take you to next spring. I have got a couple of books that I am reading but if anyone has any tips I would love to hear them

 

Thanks

 

Flo

[chickencam]

How about:-

 

Curly kale which will give you and autumn and winter crop

cavelo nero kale as above

Sprouts winter crop

purple sprouting which will give you a crop march/april next year

swiss chard/ perpetual spinach both of these will give you a crop over the winter and the chard will carry on into the spring in a good year

carrots main crop ones will sit in the ground over the winter in light soils in the south as will swedes

If you can get hold of any leek plants they will stand over the winter but it's a bit late to plant seed

[Christian]

I second what Liz says about curly kale (protect from cabbage white butterflies ), chard and perpetual spinach. You can pick a few leaves from each, all year round. My winter kale/chard/spinach is in trays now, ready to plant in a month or so.

 

[Flo]

Thank you for the ideas, these are great. Just after I posted I got an e-mail from a company I have bought plants from titled

 

Summer into Autumn Planting - Now is the time to think about late summer, autumn and winter vegetables

 

Spooky! They said similar things so i will haev a browse of their catalogue today!

 

Thank you for the suggestions

 

Flo

[redhotchick]

What catalogue is that please Flo?

[Flo]

Hi

 

It was Dobies of Devon - http://www.dobies.co.uk/

 

I signed up to their online newsletter but I also have their catalogue

 

Flo

[redhotchick]

Thanks Flo, I've signed up.

[flapjack]

My first attempt at over - wintering veg was with cauliflowers. They did pretty well (pic here: http://tinyurl.com/6zmjo9 ) but we harvested them a bit late so they got quite a large grey fly build up. Something to keep your eye out for!

[Valkyrie]

Well done Flapjack - they look fab!

Thank's Flo, for the question, I am pretty bad at successional growing - so now I know what to do too, so thankies to everyone else. At the moment I am still planting out leeks, but have run out of room because the lettuce is in the way!

[AJuff]

I follow Delia's kitchen garden book which takes me through month by month telling me what to plant, how to plant and how to care for it. I do everything a month later as I'm up north!!

 

It's great for planning ahead. I t's been the best birthday gift I've ever received.

[Chicken Licken]

I ordered new potatoes to grow now to lift in the winter - I like the idea of new potatoes at christmas!! Ordered them for £8.95 off the suttons website. I have also planted perrennial broccoli and normal broccoli too

[Tiggy]

I follow Delia's kitchen garden book which takes me through month by month telling me what to plant, how to plant and how to care for it. I do everything a month later as I'm up north!!

 

It's great for planning ahead. I t's been the best birthday gift I've ever received.

 

I just ordered this from Amazon for £5.75

[AJuff]

You won't regret it. I just love mine, so helpful!

[mrsallen08]

I had never heard of curly kale before but my neighbour grows loads of it - just for chickens! She lets mine have some too and even they will eat it! They are a bit fussy usually.

 

Im a bit stuck for winter growing as most stuff like cabbage etc I wouldnt eat anyway.

I know you can plant garlic soon for over winter as it does best in the cold.

[mrsallen08]

Ive just found this on a website. Hope it helps. Northern gardeners can start this now in August but really it is for September!

 

 

September at a glance

 

Sowing now...

• Salad leaves

• Spinach

• Spring cabbage (early in the month)

• Endive

• Lettuce (for spring harvesting)

• Overwintering onions

• Turnips

 

Planting now...

• Spring cabbage

• Onion sets

 

 

Harvest now...

• Globe artichokes

• Aubergines (below)

• Pepper

• Tomatoes

• Beans

• Leaf beet

• Beetroot

• Carrots

• Broccoli

• Brussels sprouts (late in the month)

• Summer cabbage

[Tiggy]

I've just got a whole lot of plug plants from Rocket Gardens & was busily planting them after work last night, I have all sorts that I would not have planted before Kale chard cabbages(differnt types ) lettuce onions leeks herbs & lavender.

[redhotchick]

I'm tempted to buy some ready to go brassica plants. £10.95 for 50 plugs. 10 each of 2 types of cabbage, 2 types of sprouting broccoli and cauliflower. Do you think they sound good value?

[mrsallen08]

I do think its good value but they will all be ready at the same time and do you really want 40 cabbages all at one time? Think of the space to as I imagine you need to leave quite a bit of room between each to give maximum growing.

I am a reasonably novice gardener though!

hope that helps!