autumn/winter veg?

[beanie3]

Okay another daft question no doubt.

Last year was my first year growing my veg.  Planted my veg in spring to harvest in summer and then winter i didnt plant anything so i turned over the ground using manure etc and then I left it to spring - it didnt look very pleasing to the eye - although my chickens enjoyed it! 

What do others do.....do you plant winter veg once you have harvested your summer veg - if so what and do i have time to grow from seed????  and then when do you turn over you land for your spring/summer veg?

Hope you can help.

Gill   :)

[beanie3]

[calendula]

you can harvest something all year round if you set your mind to it, I virtually never stop sowing seeds - to be sowing now = still time for beetroot, herbs, salads (vast range and plenty that will survive winter), chinese cabbages, pak choi, chicories, turnips, radishes, kohl rabi and many more - tend to manure the land when it comes empty and the designated potato beds get that as well as areas that I know will be planting squashes or anything that need it rich

don't like to see empty land - even green manure is better than nothing  :)

[beanie3]

Sorry this is awful - but what is green manure - sorry i dont know the meaning......g x

[calendula]

no it isn't awful at all  :)

here you go

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/profiles0802/green_manure.asp

[timiano]

Hi Gill

We've just bought some summer/autumn seeds to sow from now to September, as we  did the same as yourself last year. We've got the following going in:

Lettuce
 -  Green Oak Leaf
 -  Vanoise
 -  Winter lettuce

Oriental Veg
 -  Salad Shungiku
 -  Chinese broccoli (Kailaan)
 -  Pak Choi
 -  Chinese Cabbage (Pe Tsai)

Other
 -  Winter carrots (Nanco)
 -  Spring carrots (Heracles)
 -  Spring Cauliflower (Serac)
 -  Over winter onions (Marshalls)
 -  Kale
 -  Mustard Greens
 -  Fennel
 -  Spring cabbage
 -  Turnip (Limousin)

The empty spots after that will have a mixture of horse manure, and green manure, and dug in, in the winter. It may not work out, and things might not happen so much, but it's worth a crack :)

Tim

[kt.]

Tundra cabbage - but needs to be sown now really,
Autumn King 2  carrots - can be sown up till September.
Best of all swede/turnip (depending on where you live) - can be sown now till mid-end of July

If you ask around on your site you may find some plotholders have spare plug plants they don't need due to sowing too many.  Alternatively, you can usually purchase plug plants from places such as Woolies, B&Q and other places that sell gardening stuff. 

[tim]

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,43127.0.html ?

[beanie3]

thanks peeps - now just need to find the time to do all that - but hey i am sure everyone has those problems!!!!

[simon404]

If you only grow one thing over winter I would recommend spring cabbage - Durham Early - it can be sown direct in the middle of August when summer veg are over and there's space.  :)