- Aubergines
- Cabbages (summer, autumn, winter, and red)
- Cauliflower (summer and autumn)
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chicory (sugarloaf and radicchio)
- Chillies and peppers
- Courgettes and summer squash
- Cucumbers
- Endive
- Florence fennel
- French beans
- Kale
- Kohl rabi
- Pumpkins and winter squash
- Runner beans
- Sprouting broccoli
- Sweetcorn
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes
What to grow outdoors this month
Sow outdoors under cover
- Beetroot
- Lettuces
- Oriental leaves
- Rocket
- Salad leaves
- Turnips
Sow outdoors
- Broad beans
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbages (summer, autumn, winter, and red)
- Carrots
- Calabrese
- Cauliflower (summer and autumn)
- Kohl rabi
- Leeks
- Lettuces
- Onions
- Oriental leaves
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Radishes
- Spinach
- Spring onions
- Sprouting broccoli
- Swiss chard/Spinach beet
- Turnips
Vegetables to plant out
- Asparagus
- Broad beans
- Globe artichokes
- Endive
- Florence fennel
- French beans
- Jerusalem artichokes
- Kale
- Kohl rabi
- Lettuces
- Onions
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Pumpkins and winter squashes
- Radishes
- Runner beans
- Sprouting broccoli
- Sweetcorn
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes
Fruit to plant out
- Cape gooseberries
- Cranberries
- Fruit trees (grown in containers)
- Grape vines
- Strawberries
What to harvest (& stow away) this month
Vegetables to harvest
- Asparagus
- Cabbages
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Leeks
- Rhubarb
- Spinach
- Sprouting broccoli
- Swiss chard
Salads to harvest
- Corn salad
- Lettuces
- Oriental leaves
- Rocket
- Spring onions
Jobs to do in the garden this month
- Pest & disease watch
- Harden off young plants
- Continue preparing seed beds
- Prick out seedlings
- Pot on growing plants
- Water and weed
- Protect against frosts
- Put up peasticks
- Build cane supports for climbing beans
- Remove rhubarb cloches
- Earth up new potatoes
- Feed blackcurrants & blackberries (high nitrogen feed)
- Weed fruit canes
- Prune trees
- Cover and feed strawberries
- Pick flowers off new, young summer-fruiting strawberries
Join us
Volunteer days are where this starts. We want people from in and around MK to join us and get involved in any aspect of the project and the garden that interests them.
We will always welcome new volunteers, whether you’re an individual or coming with company or even planning a corporate volunteer day.
Please contact us if you’re interested in joining – no matter what your skills or knowledge.
To join our group, follow us on Twitter or Facebook or simply contact us here.
We look forward to seeing you in the garden!
