autumn sowing

What to Sow in September UK

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What to sow in September UK, sowing winter salad seed into a cleared autumn bed

In September you can sow spinach, winter lettuce, rocket, oriental leaves, spring onions, radishes, chard, winter-hardy spring cabbage and green manures, and plant out garlic, autumn onion sets and overwintering broad beans towards the end of the month. It is also the best month of the year to sow a new lawn or repair a … Read more

How to Grow Broad Beans in the UK

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Broad bean plants with full pods growing in a double row in a UK vegetable garden

Broad beans are sown in two windows in the UK: October to November for an overwintered crop that picks in late May, or February to April for a summer harvest six weeks or so later. Sow the big seeds 5cm deep and about 20cm apart in double rows, give the plants a simple string support … Read more