What Vegetables To Plant In August

It is August but in the never ending World of growing your own vegetables it is the time to also think of Winter, and now is a good time to think about planting lambs lettuce, arctic king or winter gem all of which will give you lettuce even in the winter months.

Sadly thinking ahead to winter then august is a great time to sow your final rounds of spring cabbages, which should be ready in april.

When it comes to herbs whilst most can be sown and grown all year round, parsley, coriander and chives are good to plant in August under glass outside, or on a windowsill indoors.

As it is now the middle of summer then keep sowing salad every 1 to 2 weeks depending on how much you are using. I just cannot talk about my love of salad leaves enough. We get through a bag of shop bought salad a day at a £1 a bag in winter, but by sowing our own in summer we save £7 a week for around four months. This adds up to a massive £112 saving which in the days of "Credit crunch" is hard to overlook. So not only carry on sowing summer salads now but also think about sowing winter varieties.

For salad additions, then keep cress and alfa alfa going as they grow within 10 days and can liven a salad up. Also give "Raddichio's" a try as they can make a good looking, tasty addition to a salad.

Again thinking towards winter (Okay I know it is still summer!) Autumn cauliflowers can be planted out in early august, and then they will be ready for an Autumn harvest. Winter cabbages can now be propagated out, along with planting out kale that should be ready for late winter/early spring picking.

So whilst august is one of the busiest months for harvesting your vegetables it is actually quite a quiet month for planting as we move towards winter. It is a good month to begin to store seeds from things such as chilies and peppers as you begin to harvest them.

You can also harvest runner beans, and broad bean seeds easily from your crop, potentially saving you a lot of money next season with these vegetable seeds costing £2-3 per packet. It is a good month to relax and enjoy the fruits of your hard labour, before moving into September when we put even more focus on winter.

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