winter vegetables

What to Sow in August UK

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Hands sowing fine seed into a watered drill in a sunny August vegetable bed

By the time August arrives, the allotment has usually stopped feeling like a race. The beans are climbing, the courgettes are out of control, and most of the spring panic about getting things in on time has passed. So a lot of people assume the sowing is over. It isn’t, not by a long way, … Read more

Growing Brussels Sprouts in the UK

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Growing Brussels sprouts in the UK with firm sprouts forming on the stem in a vegetable garden

This article contains affiliate links. If you buy through one of my recommended links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products I genuinely think are worth buying. Brussels sprouts have a reputation for being slow, awkward, and often disappointing. In many gardens they grow tall, leafy … Read more