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What to Sow in August
August is the month when harvest season really starts to kick in. Meaning that there is plenty of empty space to fill in the veg plot! There are many options for sowing in August...Lettuce, Kale, Spinach will all see the crop season extended in to early Autumn. For those not wanting to sow more vegetables then don't leave the soil bare, take this opportunity to sow a Green Manure over winter. August is also the start of the period to sow your own Wildflower Meadow. Sow many choices!
Lettuce Arctic King has been bred especially for autumn sowing. It is well known for its exceptional cold resistance. This large Butterhead variety produces tasty light green heads with crinkled leaves for harvesting in spring. Lettuce Autumn King is suitable for growing outdoors in winter but will benefit from cloche...
£1.55
Pak Choi is an unusual all year round veg that is becoming ever more popular with its use in oriental stir-fries and salads, it has a mild cabbage flavour. Pak Choi Yuushou is a green leaved variety that is great for overwintering as well as for maincrop sowing. (Green stemmed...
£1.75
Endive Pancalieri Seeds are not commonly available in shops, so it's a great vegetable for you to grow for yourself to enjoy. This is a lovely, ornamental variety with broad, bulky heads with an abundance of dark green, very frizzly-edged, outer leaves and, almost self-blanching, contrasting creamy-white, pink-tinged hearts. Cropping...
£1.75
This trendy Wasabi Rocket actually has the punchy flavour of Wasabi - a Japanese vegetable much like horseradish. Real Wasabi is a root veg that is very difficult to grow in the UK climate so this little leaf helps fill a gap and companies like Wagamama use it to flavour...
£1.75
Pak Choi Red Choi F1 is a colourful purple/red leaved variety with bright green stems that looks as attractive in the garden as on a dinner plate. It is easy to grow, slow to bolt and quick to crop, a tasty little leaf with a mild cabbage flavour. Pak choi...
£1.85
Lettuce All Year Round is a butterhead lettuce with lovely compact crisp hearts. As the name suggests, it can be sown all year round - Autumn sown ones will need to be sown under cover but will be ready to harvest in the spring. Can be sown March-August and excellent...
£1.55
Rocket Voyager has thin, serrated dark green leaves that are not only very similar in appearance to wild rocket but also has the distinctive hot peppery flavour. Rocket Voyager is very fast and easy to grow. It can be ready to pick in 25-30 days for young baby leaf production...
£1.65
Landcress also known as American Land Cress is a quick to crop salad type leaf that only takes between 7-8 weeks to begin cropping. It has a similar peppery flavour to watercress and is often used as a substitute for watercress in recipes but it is much easier to grow....
£1.55
Mustard Ruby Streaks has vibrant dark purple feathery foliage so will pep up your homegrown salad with mild mustard flavour and add colour to your dinner plate. Mustard Ruby Streaks seeds are easy and quick to germinate and leaves can be ready to eat in as little as 6 weeks....
£1.45
Lettuce Green Salad Bowl is a loose-leaf open hearted variety (lots of individual leaves) with light green frilled leaves. It grows to a height of 15cm and as its name suggests it looks great and is well suited to growing in a container. Lettuce Green Salad Bowl should be picked...
£1.65
Corn salad is also known as Lambs Lettuce or Mache. It's low growing with small thick dark green leaves that have a delicate nutty flavour. The leaves make a useful addition to a mixed winter salad. Corn salad prefers cool moist conditions and is easy to sow from mid-August to...
£1.55
Lettuce Winter density is a compact semi-cos variety. It has dark green hearts with crisps leaves with a very sweet flavour. It has excellent winter hardiness and should be sown outside in September to crop the following March to April. It is also suitable for sowing March to July for...
£1.65
Mustard Golden Streaks has fine feathery foliage with a mild peppery taste that will add flavour to any mixed salad. The seeds are easy and quick to germinate and leaves can be ready to eat in as little as 6 weeks. They can even be used at the seedling stage...
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Mibuna is very similar to Mizuna but the leaves have a milder mustard flavour & are strap like with rounded ends. Mibuna seeds are very quick & easy to grow. It's young leaves are great for baby-leaf production & used raw in mixed salads or left to grow on for...
£1.65
Lettuce Freckles is an unusual semi-cos heritage variety that has bright green leaves with splodges of burgundy/red - the red darkens as the lettuce leaf matures. An excellent 'cut & come again' variety - just snip a few leaves at a time to ensure fresh new leaf production. It can...
£1.55
Mustard Red Giant, also known as Japanese Red Mustard, is a traditional mustard with broad, blistered leaves highlighted in red. Left to grow, the leaves become big and bold and are a tasty addition to stir fries. They are also ideal for salads when harvested at a smaller, and more tender,...
£1.55
Mustard Red Frills is a red mustard variety which looks good with its serrated red leaves and a mild fiery mustard flavour.You can sow these oriental red mustards little and often and eat them as mini micro greens, or let them grow on a few centimetres in leaf size and use...
£1.55