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The warmer months are typically reserved for spending time
in the garden, but with plenty that can still be sown and
grown during autumn, the UK’s leading garden centre
retailer, Dobbies, is on a mission to help keep us inspired.
garlic and zingy rhubarb – plant them all
now to guarantee a bumper, early crop
next spring. Another vegetable to get
established over the winter months is
certain varieties of broad beans.
GyO, what to get
planting now:
With endless benets, growing your own
has become even more popular this year,
with unprecedented searches online at
dobbies.com. Seed sales at Dobbies have
signicantly increased as has demand for
strawberries, herbs, fruit trees and soft
fruit. In addition, according to Google ,
‘How to’ terms saw a year on year growth
of 270% online, with ‘Grow Your Own’
seeing the most rapid rate of growth.
Supporting the campaign by the
Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) to
#KeepBritainGrowing, Dobbies’
Horticultural Director, Marcus Eyles,
shares advice on what can still be planted
this autumn, both indoors and out.
is also a quick way to refresh a kitchen
shelf of empty windowsill.
Outside, there’s still plenty you can
plant now to give your plot a head start
next spring. Vegetables to start growing at
this time include tasty onions, delicious
• Broad beans – one of the easiest
veggies to grow as the seeds are big
and easy to handle – this also makes
them perfect to try with children. You
don’t need any special kit either – just
a bare patch of earth is all that’s
needed to get a crop underway. Broad
Bean ‘Aquadulce Claudia’ seeds sown
in October or November will form
sturdy plants before the cold of winter
sets in, meaning they will be ahead of
those sown in spring. The seedlings
will survive the winter, grow as
temperatures rise and produce an
early-summer harvest. Sow two rows
quite close to each other, around
20cm, the plants will support each
other as they grow. These would need
to be protected and work best in a
more sheltered, southern garden.
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Growing your own produce has endless
benets and there are a number of fruit
and veg that don’t require much space at
all, sitting happily in pots and containers
on patios or in windowsills.
With the colder weather setting in, sun
loving herbs like Basil, Dill, Chives and
Parsley can be grown inside, meaning a
fresh supply of homegrown herbs for
winter soups and stews. Place in a sunny
window, give them plenty of water and
you’ll soon be reaping the benets of your
very own indoor kitchen garden. Greenery
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