Seeds Lane Guide
Welcome to our comprehensive horticultural companion. This guide offers localized agrarian wisdom to help you tend, cultivate, and protect your allotment beds throughout the changing British seasons.
- Localized sowing schedules
- Organic maintenance tips
- Horticultural wisdom sharing
What to Plant
January
- Broad beans
- Sweet peas
- Onion seeds
February
- Garlic
- Early potatoes
- Shallots
March
- Parsnips
- Carrots
- Spring onions
April
- Beetroot
- Leeks
- Salad leaves
May
- Runner beans
- Cucumbers
- Courgettes
June
- Turnips
- Radishes
- Kohlrabi
July
- Spring cabbage
- Winter spinach
- Endive
August
- Overwintering onions
- Winter lettuce
- Chard
September
- Green manures
- Garlic (late)
- Perennial herbs
October
- Rhubarb crowns
- Fruit bushes
- Autumn onion sets
November
- Bare-root trees
- Broad beans (winter)
- Tulip bulbs
December
- Winter pruning
- Soil preparation
- Tool maintenance
A month-by-month companion for the Seeds Lane community, detailing essential sowing schedules and vital maintenance tasks to ensure your plot remains healthy and productive all year round.
01
January Development
Plant: Broad beans under cloches, garlic cloves, and onion sets in well-drained soil.
- Check tree ties and stakes
- Order seeds for spring
- Clean and oil hand tools
02
February Prep
Plant: Early potatoes (chitting), parsnips, and hardy peas in a sunny spot.
- Prune apple and pear trees
- Prepare seed beds
- Mulch fruit bushes
03
March Awakening
Plant: Carrots, beetroots, and lettuce. Start tomatoes indoors.
- Weed thoroughly
- Divide perennials
- Start composting cycles
04
April Growth
Plant: Cabbages, leeks, and maincrop potatoes. Sow herbs like parsley.
- Support climbing peas
- Watch for late frosts
- Thin out seedlings
05
May Foundation
Plant: French beans, runner beans, and sweetcorn after the last frost.
- Earth up potatoes
- Harvest first rhubarb
- Water during dry spells
06
June Harvest
Plant: Courgettes, pumpkins, and winter brassicas.
- Pinch out tomato side-shoots
- Harvest strawberries
- Hoe regularly
07
July Abundance
Plant: Successional sowing of carrots and salads. Quick-growing herbs.
- Water in the evenings
- Harvest beans frequently
- Feed fruiting crops
08
August Yield
Plant: Winter spinach, spring cabbages, and winter-hardy salads.
- Prune summer raspberries
- Lift onions once tops brown
- Collect ripening seeds
09
September Turn
Plant: Spring-flowering bulbs and green manures (e.g. mustard).
- Pick apples and pears
- Clear finished crops
- Net ponds before leaves fall
10
October Stoicism
Plant: Autumn-sown broad beans and hardy peas outdoors.
- Cut back perennial stems
- Start leaf mould cages
- Insulate greenhouses
11
November Rest
Plant: Bare-root fruit trees, bushes, and decorative hedging.
- Apply well-rotted manure
- Lift remaining root crops
- Protect tender plants
12
December Reflection
Plant: Rhubarb crowns and continue with bare-root planting.
- Winter prune grapevines
- Repair structures and gates
- Plan next season's map