What to sow in October?
Shorter days, darker nights maybe even a chance of frost. October does not have to be all doom and gloom. Plenty to be getting on with.
Sowing in the greenhouse
Carrots, Winter Peas for a spring harvest! Spring onions, lettuce, Cauliflower, and herbs can all be sown now. You may wish to start your broad beans in the greenhouse also!
Direct sowing outside
Broad Beans although we recommend the greenhouse in modules as hungry pests tend to dig up the seeds! Garlic, Onions and Onion Sets, Shallots, Green Manures. Now is the time to also plant Rhubarb and Asparagus crowns.
Earlier sowings of spring cabbages, cauliflowers, kale, and broccoli can also be transplanted outside now.
50 Seeds per packet
Winter & Spring sowings
A new twist on an age-old staple, Robin Hood broad beans are a wonderfully compact dwarf fava plant ideal for container plantings and patio gardens. Used for both ornamental and food cultivatio.
From 50 Seeds per packet
Does very well in pots
Broad beans are a must in the vegetable garden, and if you’re short on space, the Sutton Dwarf is a great choice. It grows only to 45cm, needs no staking, and yields a copious amount of long pods, each containing 4-7 delicious white beans.
From 50 Seeds per packet
The best over winter bean
An early-maturing longpod with tasty white seeds. Provides some of the earliest crops in the in the U.K. if sown in autumn or winter sowing.
250g set. Approx 75 Bulbs
Delivery Oct - Dec
250g - Approx 75 Bulbs
An over-wintering Japanese onion yielding the first bulb onions of the season. Beautiful, straw-coloured bulbs by early July. Excellent quality. Delivery Starts from 5th September.
250g set. Approx 75 Bulbs
Delivery Late Nov - Dec
Pack with sweet flavor and sporting a brilliant color, this overwintering red onion will often outperform summer onions. Delivery Starts from 5th September.
1000 Seeds per packet
Freezes very well. Grow all year.
Some of the sweetest and earliest carrots to grow in the home garden or allotment. Great for freezing and grows well in both containers and allotments.
1000 Seeds per packet
Can be grown outside all year.
A popular English heirloom with high yields and excellent flavour. One of the best varieties for winter storage.
1000 Seeds per packet
Perfect for poor soil. Grow all year.
Great for juicing or eating fresh, and especially fantastic as a baby carrot. A great all-purpose carrot that won’t disappoint.
1000 Seeds per packet
Freezes well best grown for summer harvests.
A classic carrot well-suited to both second early and main crops. Succulent and sweet.
1000 Seeds per packet
Super sweet. Compact growing. Grow all year.
Short N Sweet has been bread specifically for containers, small space growing and poor soil! Producing short 4 - 5 inch carrots this is one bright and super sweet carrot!
200 Seeds per packet
Tight heads. Great taste. Grow all year.
A self-blanching early cauliflower with a large head, snow-white curds and excellent flavour. Grows best in cool conditions.
100 Seeds per packet
Great roasted! Grow all year.
A true work of art, this “cauliflower” has whorled heads and a delightfully crisp texture and nutty flavour.
