Vegetables to sow in August

This month sees your outside space in it's prime with many vegetables ready to be enjoyed.

With the weather still warm, August is a great time to sow quick-growing crops such as Lettuce, Radish and Mustard. These conditions are suited to longer-cropping vegetables too, so that they can benefit from the higher temperatures prior to the cold spells in autumn and winter. Starting vegetables like Turnips and Cabbages now secures a wealth of produce during the colder months.

If you are implementing a crop rotation plan, adding Green Manure to empty spaces in your vegetable patch will help to limit weeds and improve soil structure in between the sowing season.