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What can I sow now?

lydiaannlydiaann Posts: 300
in Fruit & veg

We've finally been able to have the 'medieval (or 'heritage') hedge' professionally seen to and now there is light - not only at the end of the tunnel but also flooding my veg patch.  Given that it is now the beginning of July, apart from salad leaves, what else can I sow?  I need to get that soil working again so will be digging it over before the weekend.  It's a slightly raised bed with not-so-good topsoil in it.  When we first came here 6 years ago and I had it made, I could grow most things but those pesky trees had it doomed so that last year nothing grew at all.  All suggestions gratefully received!

And a word to the wise:  if you need to get trees done and have to apply to the council, especially if there is a TPO involved, ensure you start the process at the end of the previous year in order to get things in train by the end Feb/beg. March!

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  • BobFlannigonBobFlannigon Posts: 619

    You should still have time for climbing beans and carrots.  Radishes?

    Get along to a garden centre as their veg will now be heavily discounted and of a not unreasonable size, so you may still be able to sneak in a tomatoes, courgettes etc.

  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287

    Possibly late potatoes as long as you dig in something organic. Or maybe a veg that needs to stay in till next year before picking. Best of luck.

  • LoopylunagardenchickLoopylunagardenchick Posts: 15

    I think there's still time for cauliflower as well as heaps of green stuff, like spinach, salad leaves and chard! Oh and I've just sown another row of beetroot too! 

  • lydiaannlydiaann Posts: 300

    Climbing beans would be great, I thought it would be too late for that.  Tomatoes I have in the greenhouse.  Beetroot sounds fantastic.  Maybe I'll see if our garden centre does have any courgette plants, I forgot about those.  And I already have the spinach and salad leaves ready to go - yum! Thanks, Forkers, you're all amazing as always!

    Rather than sow for over-wintering, I thought I'd get enough little bits to last until late autumn and then sow the whole thing with a winter 'silage' to work its winter magic on the now over-exposed, under-utilised soil.  It's just nice to know I can get something out of it this yearimage.

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096

    chard and radish

    Last edited: 04 July 2017 21:28:02

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