At Rated Street we have put together a free guide to grow a vegetable Garden based on United Kingdom growing seasons. So you can happily plan your growing area for maximum harvest. It can be confusing to know when and what to plant, but we’ve happily put together a easy vegetable calendar to use month by month guide below for you to use.
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what vegetables to grow in January
What can i plant?
Outside sowing: Broad Beans and Peas.
Indoor sowing: early Salads in trays. You can start sowing cabbage, cauliflower and onions.
What Can I Harvest?
Leeks, oriental salad, and winter radish from the garden. New potatoes from tubs (Planted in previous July for a winter harvest).
Salad leaves from the greenhouse and indoors.
Jobs to do in the garden
- Get ground ready for spring by digging in plenty of compost and organic matter when the ground is not frozen or waterlogged.
- Plan this year’s garden thinking about crop rotation and what will grow well in your garden.
what vegetables to grow in February
What can i plant?
Outdoor sowing: Broad beans,garlic, shallots carrots, peas, parsnips and Radish
Indoor sowing: Start to sow tomato and cucumber. You can begin n to chit potato tubers.
What can i Harvest?
Broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, leek, lettuce, kale and parsnips.
Jobs to do in the garden
- Warm up the soil and prevent weeds by covering it with black plastic, polythene or a fleece.
what vegetables to grow in March
What can i Plant?
Outdoor sowing: Broad beans, carrots, peas, parsnips and Radish, kale, spinach, turnip, shallots, early lettuce and brussel sprouts.
Indoor sowing: Asparagus, broad bean, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, courgette, kale, lettuce, onion and tomato.
What can i Harvest?
Broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, leek, lettuce, kale , spring onion.
Jobs For the Garden
- Put early varieties of potatoes in light to sprout (Chit)
- Fertilize where the potatoes will grow outside
- Get fleece ready for covering the plot in frost.
hat vegetables to grow in April
What i can plant
Outdoor sowing: Broad beans, carrots, peas, parsnips and Radish, kale, spinach, turnip, shallots, early lettuce and brussel sprouts, and spring onion.
Indoor sowing: Courgettes, pumpkins, tomatoes, salads, and artichokes.
What Can i Harvest
Broccoli, carrot, cauliflower, Spring onions, broccoli, Kale, Radishes, Spring cabbages, artichokes, leeks.
Jobs For the Garden
- Keep an eye out for frost on your patch
hat vegetables to grow in May
What i can plant
Sow outdoors: Salad, radish, early varieties of peas and carrots. You can now plant outside Onions, shallots and early potatoes. Indoors you can plant salad leaves and leeks.
You can now plant out salads from the greenhouse.
Sow Indoors: Plant sow beans, courgette and pumpkins in pots.
What Can i harvest
Spring onions, Kale, Radishes, Spring cabbages, artichokes, leeks and salads
Jobs for the garden
- Keep an eye out for the last of the frost on your patch.
- Protect carrots outdoor Carrots with insect proof mesh.
hat vegetables to grow in June
What i can plant
Sow outdoors: Beetroot, lettuce, Runner beans and climbing beans.
Sow indoors: Pumkin
What Can I Harvest?
Carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic lettuce, peas, radish, rocket, spinach, tomatoes and spring onion.
Jobs for the garden
- Thin out seedlings. Plant out any seedlings that have been planted indoor earlier in the year
- Continue earthing up potatoes
- Ensure Beans and beans have adequate support as they grow
- Ensure vegetables are watered regularly and give plants supports as they grow.
hat vegetables to grow in July
What i can plant
Continue growing Salads outdoors.
You can start growing new potatoes and winter salads.
Carrots can be planted that will be harvest later in the year.
What Can I Harvest?
courgette, runner beans, climbing beans, cucumber, potato, Carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic lettuce, peas, radish, rocket, spinach, tomatoes and spring onion.
jobs for the garden
- Thin out seedlings. Plant out any seedlings that have been planted indoor earlier in the year
- Continue earthing up potatoes
- Ensure Beans and beans have adequate support as they grow
- Ensure vegetables are watered regularly and give plants supports as they grow.
hat vegetables to grow in August
What i can plant
Strawberries, Turnips, spring cabbage , winter onions.
What Can I Harvest?
courgette, runner beans, climbing beans, cucumber, potato, Carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, peas, radish, tomatoes and spring onion.
Turnips, spring cabbage , winter onions.
jobs for the garden
- Ensure vegetables are watered regularly and give plants supports as they grow.
hat vegetables to grow in September
What i can plant
Strawberries. You can plant out vegetables for overwintering such as turnip, Onions, spinach and lettuces. These will be ready for next spring.
What Can I Harvest?
courgette, runner beans, climbing beans, cucumber, potato, Carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, peas, radish, tomatoes and spring onion, marrows, squashes and pumpkins.
hat vegetables to grow in October
What i can plant
Garlic and Spring cabbage.