It is September and Autumn is here. There is a visible shift in the Vegetable Garden in Autumn, the nights draw in, daylight hours reduce to 12 hours and growing slows down.

There are the Autumn harvests to look forward to like the squashes and pumpkins that are fattening up or ripening. And the joy of harvesting the last of the Summer plants like tomatoes before it gets too cold.

This month there is a split between Summer Gardeners and All Year Round Gardeners. All Year Round Gardeners grow their vegetables through all seasons.

It’s a skill you have to build up over time and to experiment with different Vegetable Plants and methods depending on what you and your family like to eat vs getting used to the winter cold and being outside during these seasons.

This year, it’s the first time all 4 of my Vegetable Raised Beds will be full up with Autumn, Winter and Spring Vegetables.

Personally I love Autumn! I love the colour changing leaves the most.

I travelled to Banff in Canada once for a Rocky Mountains holiday in Autumn and nothing prepares you for the massive woodland leaf colour change backdrop against the flowing waters of the blue Bow River that runs through Banff with the odd moose amongst the trees. It was an extraordinary landscape and one I won’t ever forget.

My Autumn Vegetable Garden Walkthrough

Vegetables I’ll be Growing this Autumn & Winter

Growing Already

• Acorn Squash ‘Jester F1’,
• Leeks ‘oarsman F1’,
• Parsnip ‘Gladiator’,
• Spring Cabbage ‘April’ just germinated.

Planted out 21 September 24

• Cauliflower ‘All Year Round’,
• Kale ‘Cavolo Nero’,
• Brussels Sprouts ‘Evesham special’,
• Rosemary.

Planting out in Mid-Late October

• Garlic ‘Messidrome’
• Elephant Garlic,
• Shallots ‘Griselle’.

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Winter Veg Growing – Start Here

Vegetables to Sow & Plant for Autumn & Winter

Seeds to Sow in July and August for a Autumn and Winter Harvest

Growing Vegetables from Plants after the Summer season for a Winter Harvest

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Sow & Plant in July to December

Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July

Vegetables to Sow in August & Reminder to Pre-Order Your Onions & Garlic

Vegetables to Sow & Plant in September

Vegetables to Sow & Plant in October

November – Planting Vegetables & Fruit Trees

Plant Shallots with me in November

Growing Garlic with Onions & Leeks

Planting Elephant Garlic, have you tried it? (Plant Nov to Dec)

My Essential Guide to Growing Autumn & Spring – Onions from Sets – My Free Ebook

Things to Grow in December

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All About Frost

Winter is Coming! All About Frost and Growing Vegetables in the Autumn/Winter.

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Winter Veg Updates

Late Summer – August sowings Update for Autumn & Winter vegetables – planting out in raised beds.

We have Autumn Cauliflowers! in January 

Musselburgh Leek Harvest in February

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Challenge Brassica

A project to grow Brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, kale and Brussels sprouts) throughout the autumn and winter.

📕 Part 1 – The Brassica Challenge

📗 Part 2 – Soil Replenishment & The No Dig Method

📘 Part 3 – Planting & Spacings for Kale, Brussels Sprouts & Cauliflower

📙 Part 4 – Exploring Netting, Hoops, Cages for all Budgets to Cover Brassica Plants

Part 5 – Challenge Brassica – One Month Plantings Update

Part 6 – Kale Harvests and Cauliflower – 2.5 Months Update