Think your planting season is over? Think again! As well as spring bulbs, hardy annuals such as Calendula (pot marigold) and Nigella (love in a mist) can be sown now for early flowers…it’s always nice to have some colour to look forward to.
You can also get going with veg: plant Japanese onion sets and garlic from mid-September, and also spring cabbage, but protect it from late butterflies and pigeons with fine netting over a frame.
If you’re feeling energised, you can also trim any hedges now to avoid doing it in spring. And don’t forget to start saving seeds – collect into paper bags and put to dry thoroughly; remember to label and date!
If you missed last month’s seed saving workshop, more detail on seed saving can be found on the Seedy Sunday website.
Photo credits to Andy Wright, Priscilla Burcher and Julia Roberts (no not that one!)
Brighton and Hove Organic Gardening Group 