Sowing vegetable seeds in August. The time is running out for sowing seeds that will be harvested this summer, but there are a few things you can still sow, here is a list
Lettuce and salad crops, but these may not germinate if the weather is too hot. However it is worth a try, as salad leaves are expensive to buy. You can sow seeds for autumn salads if you sow rocket seeds and similar types of salad leaves.
it is the last chance to sow some types of carrot, you can also sow turnips and winter radishes (but I never grown these winter radishes myself). Carrots look at the varieties and the sowing dates before buying as only some types of carrots suit being sown in August.
Swiss chard and some types of Oriental salad leaves. I have grown the Swiss chard with rainbow coloured
leaves and it was very colourful and attractive, but the taste was just too 'strong' for my liking. If you like spinach and the stronger tasting kales you might like it though.
Spring cabbages. Cabbages for next spring can be sown in August, sow now if you want to save money on your vegetable shopping bill next spring. You can sow these in pots or modules if you do not have the space in the vegetable plot at the moment.
a healthy potato plant in flower
photo of potatoes in flower
home grown carrots.. grown from seed
photo of my first bunch of carrots 2009
Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful
Home Grown Fruit can be made into delicious compote
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