Summer planting
Here's a list of some of things you can plant at this time of the year - good to plant some if you'd like to have food from your garden year-round.
Root veg
Fennel
Leeks – from existing plants, not from seed
Winter onion
Carrots
Parsnips
Beets
Radish (for Cooking)
Daikon
German varieties (black/purple)
Turnip
White – for pre-frost harvest
Yellow – for winter harvest
Leaves
Asian Leaves – frost hardy
Mizuna, Mibuna. mispoona
Pak Choi
Chard, kale, cabbage
Raddichio
Purple sprouting broc
Rocket
Corn salad /lambs lettuce ( great in early spring)
Winter salad mix
Endive
Beans and Peas
• French beans – climbing and dwarf – till end July
• Peas – till end July, and Sept/oct for next spring
Useful links:
Where to get these seeds:
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/summersowing2.html
http://brownenvelopeseeds.com/index.php/
Also check out the realseeds guide to Summer sowing
Labels: harvest, Kale, succession planting, summer planting, Winter
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