Radishes are one of those first treats to come from the spring garden. There is nothing like pulling out a colorful root veggie, giving it a little dust and polish, and biting into it before it has a chance to see the kitchen. Did you know you can also enjoy fresh radishes in the fall, as well? In this article, I’m going to explain the difference between spring and winter radishes, and share some tips on growing radishes from seed for a spring crop and for a fall crop. Timing your radish seeding is simply a matter of counting forwards or backwards to frost-free and frost dates.
Ten vegetables to sow now to reap the rewards in autumn and winter
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It seems strange, I know, to talk of growing winter crops for the polytunnel or glasshouse, smack-bang in the middle of a very sultry Irish summer. But the simple truth is that the secret to making the best, and most productive use, of these valuable covered growing spaces throughout the year has always been to plan and propagate very far ahead.
Sow seed throughout July and August, for example, while temperatures, light and growth levels are still high, and you’ll have plenty of baby vegetable transplants to grow under cover throughout the cool months of autumn, winter and early spring. In this way you can guarantee a steady supply of fresh, nutritious, home-grown produce long after the rest of the garden goes into hibernation.
Many kinds of leafy vegetables and herbs do brilliantly when grown this way and treated as cut-and-come-again crops, producing plenty of tender, juicy, flavoursome leaves over a long period of time. Examples include hardy winter varieties of lettuce, spinach, kale, chard, American landcress, lamb’s lettuce (also known as corn salad), chicory, rocket, winter purslane (also known as claytonia), texsel greens, oriental mustards, mibuna, mizuna, tatsoi, pak choi, choy sum, komatsuna, coriander, dill, sorrel, chervil and parsley.
July to early August is also an excellent time to sow seed of Florence fennel, beetroot, baby turnips, dwarf French beans, radish, kohl rabi, salad onions, sprouting broccoli and spring cabbage for growing under cover in the same way throughout the autumn, winter and early spring months of next year.
With covered growing space at such a premium during these busy growing months and temperatures at their hottest, these crops are generally best sown in the evening into pots,
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