August

August

In the greenhouse

• Sow hardy winter lettuce
• Grow pots of parsley to keep on the kitchen windowsill for use during the winter
• Make sure tomatoes, cucumbers and other crops never go short of water
• Feed your plants every week

Fruit and vegetables

• Sow more salads to ensure pickings well into autumn
• Harvest ripe sweet corn and other vegetables as they become ready, then cook and eat straight away
• Sow coriander, turnips, winter spinach and spring cabbage
• Prune fan-trained plums
• Harvest onions once their tops have died back
• Lift and pot up rooted strawberry runners

Tip: Barmy about beans?

Beans will keep coming if you regularly continue to pick them. This keeps them flowering and cropping into late summer. Remember thought beans are thirsty plants, so you must water them regularly. Lack of moisture can halt flower production. If you are going on holiday do get a neighbour to pick your crop, allowing flowers to set and new pods to be ready for your return.