What can I grow over the winter?

[Farmer_Gyles]

It's time to ask ... what can I grow over the winter?

I'm working with a basic 3 bed crop rotation system (legumes / brassicas / roots), with separate beds for onions, and a greenhouse, so will be good if there's something I can sow now or sometime soon and plant out when the current crops are finished

I'm not too fussed what I grow - if I don't use it, someone else will - just need to know what I can grow, when I can (or need to) sow it, when to plant it out and which bed to plant it in

Any clues will be much appreciated!

[Vegmonkey]

Hi there, i've just sown some turnip, swede and cauliflower (all brassicas) which will be ready before the winter. Now is also a great time to put carrots in your roots bed as they will be ready as baby veg! just before the frosts hit. I recently posted a planting plan on blog and on the grapevine under 'allotment advice' entitled 'planting plan' if that helps!

[multiveg]

Under cloches, in September/October or even November - you could sow peas, broad beans, calabrese, cauliflower, lettuce and other salads for (over)wintering.
August is the month to sow Japanese onions. October/November for planting garlic/onions and perhaps shallot sets that are suitable for overwintering...
Perhaps try an early variety of carrots....
Alternatively, consider some green manures for overwintering.

[Two_Sheds]

Swiss Chard and Kale are winners here, they stand all winter

[momol]

As I am pretty new in GYO ( it's my seconde year ), over wintering veggies will be new foe me, I didn't grow anything last winter except some garlic. This year, after reading loads of articles I decided to go a head with all my winter veggies plan. I have sown some nero di toscano, collards ( southern georgia and morrison heading ), ragged jack, black spanish radish, some brassicas :kai lan, mizuna, mibuna, tat soi ( They need some protections to over winter, but will be ready for the fall ) and still planning to sow some few more for the fall ( southern giant mustard, japanese red mustard, schizuan vegetables ).
As I adore different variety and different taste/ texture plus some space limited issue, I will only sow few for each of them.

Momol

[tinyvine]

I am about to plant my winter veg; cabages, kale, carots, more swiss chard, FENNEL & WINTER RADISHES. I got the later from realseeds, they are bigger (the ones I have are black, tennis ball sized when mature) and you can cut them up and use them in stews and stirfries and they are milder than normal radishes and bigger so more flexable. I have seen yesterday that they are doing another variety which is the size of a parsnip and slightly blue tinged under the skin, so if you peel it thinly, you can serve up blue veg! Also Kohl Rabi can be planted now - the purple variety.

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