October sneaked up on me!
Potatoes
are in and some scarlet runner beans and tomatoes - both grown from
seed saved from last year. I am going to try some purple sweetcorn this
year - a heritage variety that is supposed to be a bit tolerant of cool
weather. My seeds have come from Seed Freaks who are local seed folk -
Google them.
The winter brassicas are
extravagantly in flower, which I'm feeding to the chooks, who are all
laying again, what little heroines!
So here are Greg's WeHo planting notes for October. Have fun!
| OCTOBER | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
| Beetroot - large direct sowing for winter Feb to Oct. | x | |||
| Carrot - large direct sowing for winter Feb to Oct. | x | |||
| Shallots/Spring onions | x | x | x | x |
| Sweetcorn - pregerminate then sow direct | x | x | x | x |
| Lettuce - Direct seeding and punnet to ground. | x | x | x | x |
| Runner Beans | x | x | x | |
| French Bush Beans | x | |||
| Kohlrabi | x | x | x | x |
| Tomatoes - outdoors punnet to ground | x | |||
| Zucchini- pots to ground. Put juice bottle over plants | x | x | x | |
| Cucumbers | x | |||
| - pregerminate then plant in glasshouse in protected area | ||||
| Radish | x | x | x | x |
| Punnets | ||||
| Lettuce | x | x | x | x |
| Basil | x | x | ||
| Leeks - for harvesting Feb to October. Plant a lot. | x | x | x | |
| Zucchini - pregerminate and plant in pots in propagator. | x | x | x | x |
Margaret
