This table gives an indication of the crops that (depending on the weather) you could be planting or harvesting from your garden or allotment, as well as those that you could be using from storage.
MONTH | SOW | PLANT | AVAILABLE (in brackets )= stored |
January | Broad beans | Bare rooted fruit trees & bushes, garlic | Cabbage, savoy, heading broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, leeks, salsify, winter spinach, lambs lettuce, celeriac, (Beets, carrots, onions, parsnips, potatoes, shallots, swedes, tomatoes (bottled), garlic, apples, pears) |
February | Peppers (under glass), cabbage (under glass), leeks (under glass), broad beans | Bare rooted fruit trees & bushes, garlic | Cabbage, early sprouting broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, leeks, salsify, winter spinach, salsify, lambs lettuce, rhubarb (forced), (Beets, carrots, onions, parsnips, potatoes, shallots, swedes, tomatoes (bottled), garlic, apples, quinoa) |
March | Cabbages, tomatoes (under glass), leeks, carrots, lettuce, peppers (under glass), peas, onions, turnips, broad beans, summer spinach, celeriac, Cut & come salads (under glass) | Bare rooted fruit trees & bushes, onion sets, early potatoes, brassica seedlings | Broccoli, cabbage, kale, salsify leaves, chickweed, (Beet, parsnips, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes (bottled), turnips, apples) |
April | Carrots, brassicas, leeks, radishes, peas, beans, spinach, beets, lettuce, parsnips, swedes, squashes & courgettes (under glass), Cut & come salads | Brassicas, onion sets, potatoes, perennial herbs & vegetables | Late broccoli, cabbage, leeks, perennial & spring onions, spinach, rhubarb, salsify leaves, herbs & perennial leaves,nettles, (Beets, onions, tomatoes (bottled), garlic, quinoa, potatoes, apples) |
May | Beets, brassicas, lettuce, runner beans, squashes, spinach, quinoa, turnips, sweetcorn, Cut & come salads | Brassicas, squashes, sweetcorn, perennial herbs & vegetables | Broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, summer spinach, herbs & perennial leaves, nettles, perennial & spring onions, (Onions, garlic, potatoes, quinoa, tomatoes (bottled)) |
June | Beets, turnips, peas, brassicas, spinach, Cut & come salads | Leeks, tomatoes, sweetcorn, brassica seedlings, runner beans, squashes, peppers, perennial herbs & vegetables | Broad beans, carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, Japanese & perennial onions, early potatoes, early peas, radish, spinach, turnips, gooseberries, rhubarb, strawberries, nettles, herbs & perennial leaves, edible flowers, (Quinoa, tomatoes (bottled)) |
July | Swedes, brassicas, beets, spinach, carrots, lettuce | Runner beans, sweetcorn, squashes, leeks, perennial herbs & vegetables | Beans, beets, early carrots, lettuce, summer cabbages, lettuce, peas, onions, early potatoes, spinach, garlic, radishes, gooseberries, cherries, plums, red & blackcurrants, herbs & perennial leaves, (Quinoa, tomatoes (bottled)) |
August | Spinach, brassicas, spring onions | Spring cabbages, perennial herbs & vegetables | Beans, beets, cabbages, carrots, lettuce, squashes, marrows, onions, peas, potatoes, radishes, spinach, garlic, tomatoes, red & blackcurrants, apples, gooseberries, raspberries, perennial vegetables & herbs, (Quinoa, tomatoes (bottled)) |
September | Brassicas, lettuce, beets, Cut & come salads | Perennial herbs & vegetables, spring cabbage | Beans, cabbage, beets, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, squashes & marrows, onions, potatoes, peppers, peas, spinach, tomatoes, plums, apples, blackberries, peaches, perennial herbs & vegetables, quinoa, (Garlic) |
October | Broad beans, Cut & come salads | Bare rooted fruit trees & bushes, Japanese onions, garlic | Runner beans, beets, spinach, squashes, brocolli, cabbage, leeks, lettuce, onions, potatoes, parsnips, tomatoes, apples, pears, blackberries, (Quinoa, garlic) |
November | Broad beans | Bare rooted fruit trees & bushes, garlic | Beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, leeks, onions, potatoes, parsnips, spinach, apples, pears, (Quinoa, garlic, tomatoes (bottled)) |
December | Broad beans | Bare rooted fruit trees & bushes | Brocolli, celeriac, winter cabbage, carrots, leeks, kale, onions, potatoes, salsify, swede, turnip, parsnips, (Beets, garlic, tomatoes (bottled)) |
This table taken from Permaculture: A Beginners Guide by Graham Burnett (published by Spiralseed)