A SECOND SPRING!
Jul 28, 2020
4 minutes
September is like a second spring, a key time for sowing many vegetables and herbs for delicious fresh homegrown harvests throughout the winter months and into spring. Most of the key overwintering crops, including parsnips, leeks, Brussels sprouts and purple sprouting broccoli, were sown and planted months ago. These are growing well at the allotment and will stand there all winter, with just some protection for the brassicas against pigeons and other pests. Now I am sowing salads, spring onions, spring cabbage, spinach, kale, oriental leaves and more for growing under cover and outside.
I start sowing around the middle
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