WHEN
WHAT TO DO
JAN
January
Save inner cardboard tubes from toilet rolls for runner beans etc
Week 3
Buy or borrow a soil testing kit (Brussels sprouts etc.)
Add lime if necessary to reduce soil acidity (Brussels sprouts etc)
FEB
Week 2 on
Broccoli (sprouting) - begin to harvest
Week 3
Cabbage (summer) - sow seeds indoors
Week 4
Broad Beans - sow seeds in pots for spring planting
Celery - sow seeds indoors
Peas / mangetout - Sow early types under cloches
MARCH
Week 1
Broad Beans - sow seeds outside in spring
Weeks 1 - 2
Carrot - sow seed of early varieties under cloches
Week 2
Brussels Sprouts - sow seed of early varieties
Garlic - plant in late winter / spring
Peas / mangetout - start to sow seeds of early types outdoors
Week 3
Cabbage (summer) - sow outdoors
Spring Onions - start to sow fortnightly
Peas / mangetout - sow maincrop seeds outdoors
Spinach - sow seed outside
Week 4
Beetroot - sow seeds under cloches
Broad Beans - transplant pot grown plants to open ground
Brussels Sprouts - thin seedlings as they appear
Lettuce - start sowing seed outside every two weeks
APRIL
Week 1
Brussels Sprouts - Sow seed of mid to late varieties
Onion Sets - plant
Radish - sow seed under cloches
Spinach - sow seed inside
Week 1 - 2
Carrot - remove cloches from early sown varieties
Carrot - sow early seed varieties in open
Onion Sets - protect from birds for 5 weeks
Week 2
Beetroot - sow seed in pots indoors
Week 3
Broccoli (sprouting) - sow early varieties in seed bed
Cabbage Spring - harvest
Cucumber (ridge) - sow seeds indoors
Lettuce - begin to thin seedlings, distance by variety
Radish - sow seed outside
Week 4
Beetroot - sow seed outside
French Beans - sow seeds under cloches
French Beans - sow seeds in pots indoors
Spinach - plant out seed sown indoors
Spinach - thin out previously sown seedlings
MAY
Week 1
Celery - plant out
Cucumber (ridge) - sow seed under cloches outside
Runner Beans - sow seed in pots indoors
Runner Beans - sow seed under cloches
Week 1 - 2
Carrot - sow maincrop seed
Week 2
Beetroot - plant out seedlings sown in pots indoors
Broccoli (sprouting) - sow late varieties in seed bed
French Beans - sow seed outside
French Beans - harden off seedlings
Week 3
Beetroot - thin out seedlings
Brussels Sprouts - transplant
Cabbage (summer) - plant indoor sown plants outdoors
Cucumber (ridge) - Harden off indoor grown plants
French Beans - plant out seedlings sown in pots indoors
Runner Beans - harden off seedlings
Sweet potato - put slips in pots indoors
Week 4
Onions - water in dry conditions
Peas / mangetout - harvest early types started off under cloches
Radish - begin to harvest
Runner Beans - sow seed outside
Runner Beans - plant out seedlings sown in pots indoors
JUNE
Week 1
Cucumber (ridge) - plant out (grown indoors / shop bought)
Carrot (early) - harvest those sown under cloches
Lettuce - begin to harvest
Peas / mangetout - harvest early types sown outdoors
Week 2
Broad Beans - begin to harvest
Sweet potato - plant outdoors in final position
Week 3 on
Carrot - harvest as they become ready
Week 3
Cucumber (ridge) - prune main stem
Spinach - havest spring grown leaves
Week 4
Cabbage (summer) - begin to harvest
JULY
Week 2
Broccoli (sprouting) - move to final position when 10cm high
Week 3
Cucumber (ridge) - begin to harvest
Onions - stop watering
Peas / mangetout (maincrop) - harvest
Week 4
Beetroot - begin to harvest
Cabbage (spring) - sow (pots / temporary bed)
French Beans (dwarf) - begin to harvest
AUG
Week 1
Garlic - begin to harvest
Onions - begin to harvest
Week 2
Celery - begin to harvest
French Beans - begin to harvest climbing / pole
Runner Beans - begin to harvest
SEP
Week 2
Spinach - sow in autumn
Mid month
Autumn Onion Sets - plant
Week 4
Cabbage (spring) - transplant
OCT
Week 2
Sweet Potato - harvest before frost damages tubers
Week 3
Broad Beans - sow seeds outside for an early crop
Week 4
Spinach (autumn sown) - begin to harvest
NOV
Week 3
Brussels Sprouts - begin to harvest
Garlic - autumn planting
DEC
Provide ground cover on open areas to keep weeds down. Add mulch/manure to unused areas
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