| Tips | Harvest | Sow Indoors | Plant/Sow Outdoors | |
| January | Potatoes – Look out for certified seed potatoes now to get the best selection | Hardy Salad Leaves – our trial have found that rocket, mizuna, corn salad and chard will grow through the winter | Potatoes – Start chitting on potatoes in good light, but not direct sunlight | Garlic |
| February | Warm the soil – Cover your veg patch with plastic sheeting to help warm the soil. | Hardy Salad Leaves | Broad Beans | Peas (mild Areas) – under cloche or fleece Garlic Beetroot – Under cloche |
| March | Hardy Salad Leaves – Keep newly sown seedlings protected with a cloche or fleece if cold weather hits. | Hardy Salad Leaves | Tomatoes | Potatoes (Mild Areas), Broad Beans, Peas, Onion & Shallot sets |
| April | Successional Sowing – Sow lettuce, radish and salad leaves once a fortnight for a constant supply | Hardy Salad Leaves, Radish | Tomatoes, Pumpkins & Squash, Courgette | Beetroot, Early potatoes (Early April), Maincrop potatoes (late April), Lettuce, Peas, Onion & Shallot Sets, Broad Beans, Rocket (in pots) |
| May | Potatoes – Begin to ‘earth up’ (draw earth over) the potato shoots as they start to appear | Lettuce, Peas, Radish | Beetroot, Radish, Lettuce, Rocket, Runner and French Beans, Peas, Pumpkin & Squash, Courgettes | |
| June | Tomatoes – Pinch out side-shoots | Beetroot, Lettuce, Peas, Broad Beans, Early Potatoes | Beetroot, Lettuce, Rocket, Runner and French Beans, Radish, Courgettes, Tomatoes | |
| July | Mulch – Add mulch to your crops to stop them from drying out and save water | Beetroot, Lettuce, Courgettes, Radish, Peas, Broad Beans, Runner Beans, Early Potatoes, Garlic | Beetroot, Radish, Lettuce, Runner and French Beans, Peas | |
| August | Stop tomato plants – Give fruits a chance to ripen by cutting off the growing tip | Beetroot, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions & Shallots, Radish, Runner Beans, Courgettes, Potatoes | Rocket (In Pots) | |
| September | Raise squash & pumpkins off the ground to stop them rotting | Beetroot, Lettuce, Peas, Radish, Tomatoes, French & Runner Beans, Courgettes, Pumpkin & Squash, Onions & Shallots, Potatoes | Hardy Salad Leaves (Rocket, Mizuna, Corn Salad), Broad Beans (In Pots) | Rocket (In Pots) |
| October | Potatoes – Look out for green colouring on stored potatoes and discard any that are more than 1/3 green. | Beetroot, Potatoes, Radish, Onions & Shallots | Hardy Salad Leaves, Hardy Peas, Broad Beans (Plant out seedlings started off indoors) | |
| November | Greenhouse – If you have one leave door and vents open when weather is good to stop fungal build-up. | Hardy Salad Leaves, Hardy Peas (Plant out seedlings started off indoors) Garlic (If soil cold and wet | ||
| December | Veg Seeds – Think about what you want to grow net year and order now for best selection. |
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