What to sow and harvest in August?
Sow indoors
Nothing this month.
Sow outdoors
- Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium: sow 0.5 cm deep, light germinator: cover very thinly, germinates from 8 °C (best 18 °C), comes up after 10–14 days
- Chinese cabbage Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis: sow 1 cm deep, germinates from 12 °C (best 22 °C), comes up after 4–8 days
- Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris: don’t cover: light germinator, germinates from 15 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 21–42 days, needs cold: keep the seed cold for 4–6 weeks first
- Coriander Coriandrum sativum: sow 1.5 cm deep, germinates from 10 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 7–14 days
- Lamb’s lettuce Valerianella locusta: sow 1 cm deep, germinates from 5 °C (best 15 °C), comes up after 7–14 days
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa var. capitata: sow 0.5 cm deep, light germinator: cover very thinly, germinates from 5 °C (best 18 °C), comes up after 4–10 days
- Loose-leaf lettuce Lactuca sativa var. crispa: sow 0.5 cm deep, light germinator: cover very thinly, germinates from 5 °C (best 18 °C), comes up after 4–10 days
- Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare: don’t cover: light germinator, germinates from 15 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 10–20 days
- Pak choi Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis: sow 1 cm deep, germinates from 10 °C (best 22 °C), comes up after 4–8 days
- Radish Raphanus sativus: sow 1 cm deep, germinates from 8 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 3–7 days
- Rocket Eruca vesicaria: sow 0.5 cm deep, germinates from 5 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 3–8 days
- Spinach Spinacia oleracea: sow 2 cm deep, germinates from 4 °C (best 15 °C), comes up after 7–14 days
- Spring onion Allium fistulosum: sow 1 cm deep, germinates from 8 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 8–14 days
Planting out and planting
- Chinese cabbage Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
- Endive Cichorium endivia
- Florence fennel Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa var. capitata
- Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Harvest from the vegetable garden
- Aubergine Solanum melongena
- Basil Ocimum basilicum
- Beetroot Beta vulgaris var. conditiva
- Broccoli Brassica oleracea var. italica
- Carrot Daucus carota subsp. sativus
- Cauliflower Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
- Celery Apium graveolens var. dulce
- Chives Allium schoenoprasum
- Climbing French bean Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris
- Coriander Coriandrum sativum
- Courgette Cucurbita pepo
- Cucumber Cucumis sativus
- Dill Anethum graveolens
- Dwarf French bean Phaseolus vulgaris var. nanus
- Endive Cichorium endivia
- Florence fennel Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum
- French tarragon Artemisia dracunculus
- Garden pea Pisum sativum
- Gherkin Cucumis sativus
- Kohlrabi Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
- Leek Allium porrum
- Lemon balm Melissa officinalis
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa var. capitata
- Loose-leaf lettuce Lactuca sativa var. crispa
- Lovage Levisticum officinale
- Mangetout Pisum sativum var. saccharatum
- Mint Mentha
- Onion Allium cepa
- Oregano Origanum vulgare
- Pak choi Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
- Parsley Petroselinum crispum
- Potato Solanum tuberosum
- Radish Raphanus sativus
- Red cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra
- Sage Salvia officinalis
- Shallot Allium cepa var. aggregatum
- Spring onion Allium fistulosum
- Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
- Sweet pepper Capsicum annuum
- Sweetcorn Zea mays var. saccharata
- Swiss chard Beta vulgaris var. cicla
- Thyme Thymus vulgaris
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
- White cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba
To pick from trees and shrubs
- Apple: fruit
- Apple rose: fruit
- Apricot: fruit
- Bilberry: berries
- Black chokeberry: berries
- Black mulberry: fruit
- Blackcurrant: leaves
- Bog bilberry: berries
- Bog-myrtle: leaves
- Bramble: fruit
- Burnet rose: fruit
- Cape gooseberry: fruit
- Cherry plum: fruit
- Chinese magnolia vine: berries
- Common myrtle: leaves
- Common sage: leaves
- Cornelian cherry: fruit
- Cowberry: berries
- Crowberry: berries
- Duke of Argyll’s teaplant: berries
- Elder: berries
- English lavender: flowers
- Fig: fruit
- Garden rose: flowers
- Garden thyme: leaves
- Heather: flowers
- Highbush blueberry: berries
- Hop: flowers
- Japanese plum: fruit
- Japanese rose: flowers, fruit
- Japanese rowan: berries
- Japanese wineberry: berries
- Jostaberry: berries
- Loganberry: fruit
- Nashi pear: fruit
- Oregon grape: berries
- Peach: fruit
- Pear: fruit
- Plum: fruit
- Purple chokeberry: berries
- Raspberry: fruit
- Rowan: berries
- Sea buckthorn: berries
- Silver lime: blossom
- Sour cherry: fruit
- Variegated kiwi vine: fruit
- Walnut: leaves
- White mulberry: fruit
To pick from perennials and herbs
- Anise hyssop: flowers, leaves
- Apple mint: leaves
- Arctic raspberry: fruit
- Bloody dock: leaves
- Breckland thyme: leaves
- Broad-leaved thyme: leaves
- Catnip: leaves
- Clary sage: flowers, leaves
- Common mallow: flowers, leaves
- Common vervain: leaves
- Corsican mint: leaves
- Costmary: leaves
- Creeping thyme: leaves
- Curry plant: flowers, leaves
- Daylily: flowers
- French sorrel: leaves
- Garden angelica: seeds
- Garlic chives: leaves, flowers
- Horned violet: flowers
- Horse mint: leaves
- Hyssop: flowers, leaves
- Korean mint: leaves
- Lady’s bedstraw: flowers
- Large pink: flowers
- Lemon lily: flowers
- Lemon thyme: leaves
- Lemon verbena: leaves
- Lesser calamint: leaves
- Marsh mallow: flowers
- Meadowsweet: flowers
- Musk mallow: flowers, leaves
- Orange daylily: flowers
- Peppermint: leaves
- Roman chamomile: flowers
- Rosebay willowherb: flowers
- Salad burnet: leaves
- Scarlet beebalm: flowers, leaves
- Society garlic: flowers, leaves
- Spanish sage: leaves
- Spearmint: leaves
- White horehound: leaves
- Wild bergamot: flowers, leaves
- Wild strawberry: fruit
- Winter savory: leaves
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