Seeds to Sow Now!

Vegetables:
Beans (all types)
Beetroot
Chinese Cabbage (Pak Choi)
Carrot
Cauliflower
Chard (Swiss Chard)
Cucumber
Kohl Rabi
Lettuce
Peas
Pumpkin
Radish
Rocket (Arugula)
Spinach
Spring Onion
Swede

Flowers:
Candytuft
Canterbury Bells
Carnation
Catmint
Clarkia
Cleome
Coleus
Cornflower
Cosmos
Delphinium
Digitalis
Forget Me Not
Fox Glove
Larkspur
Limnanthes (Poached Egg)
Linaria

​EXCELLENT COMPANION PLANTS:

​Dwarf Marigolds make good edging plants that may deter rabbits and some varieties are known for their ability to starve out root-knot nematodes when planted the year before and macerated and then ploughed into the soil where the chemicals that affect the nematodes are then released.  Nasturtiums sprawl out over the ground, so they suppress weeds and shade the soil when grown near tall plants like sweet corn, tomatoes or sunflowers.  Zinnia are tall, single-flowered varieties which attract butterflies look nice grown with dill, fennel and cosmos. Bergamot, Hyssop, Catnip, Lemon Balm, Lavender, Marjoram (Oregano), Mint, Salvia, Savoury, Thyme… are all part of the Lamiaceae family and have a flower structure that can be accessed by a wide range of insects, including small bees. Insects need only a short tongue to reach the nectar and pollen hidden inside the two-lipped blossoms. 

Feverfew repels insects of all nature, so it is a good plant to grow near entryways – and anywhere really!


Opposite:  Our Adoptive Cat[mint] - Colin!

​Lupin
Mirabilis
Nasturtium
Nemesia
Nicotiana
Nigella (Love In A Mist)
Pansy
Pansy
Poppy
Salvia
Stocks
Sunflowers
Viola
Wallflower