- Cabbages (summer, autumn, winter, and red)
- Cauliflower (summer and autumn)
- Chicory (sugarloaf and radicchio)
- Chillies and peppers
- Courgettes and summer squash
- Endive
- French beans
- Kale
- Marrows
- Pumpkins and winter squash
- Runner beans
What to grow outdoors this month
Sow outdoors under cover
- Beetroot
- Cucumbers
- French beans
- Runner beans
Sow outdoors
- Sweetcorn
- Beetroot
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbages (summer, autumn, winter, and red)
- Calabrese
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Chicory (Belgian)
- Florence fennel
- French beans
- Kale
- Kohl rabi
- Lettuce
- Oriental leaves
- Peas
- Radishes
- Rocket
- Runner beans
- Salad leaves
- Spring onions
- Sprouting broccoli
- Swede
- Swiss chard/ Spinach beet
- Turnips
Vegetables to plant out
- Aubergines
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbages (summer, autumn, and red)
- Cauliflower (summer and autumn)
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chillies and peppers
- Courgettes and summer squash
- Florence fennel
- Globe artichokes
- Kohl rabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Marrows
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Pumpkins and winter squash
- Rhubarb
- Sprouting broccoli
- Sweetcorn
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes
Fruit to plant out
- Cape gooseberries
- Cranberries
- Strawberries
What to harvest (& stow away) this month
Vegetables to harvest
- Asparagus
- Garlic
- Globe artichokes
- Rhubarb
- Spinach
- Spring cabbage
- Spring cauliflower
- Turnips
Salads to harvest
- Lettuces
- Oriental leaves
- Radishes
- Spring onions
Jobs to do in the garden this month
- Pest & disease watch
- Harden off young plants
- Prick out seedlings
- Pot on growing plants
- Water and weed
- Protect against frosts
- Put up supports for peas and beans
- Build cane supports for climbing beans
- Remove rhubarb cloches
- Earth up new potatoes
- Feed blackcurrants & blackberries (high nitrogen feed)
- Weed fruit canes
- Prune fruit trees
- Cover and feed strawberries
- Pick flowers off new, young summer-fruiting strawberries
- Remove unwanted raspberry canes
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!
