What to plant for winter ?

[Sargan]

Vegetable gardening is all new to me, my first year. I created 46 sq m of 450mm high rasied beds.

Summer crops have been in the main a success.
Potatoes – Charlotte & Desire ... great success, same for beetroot, various lettuces, broccoli, sugar snap peas, onions.
Had great crop of Cauliflower, cabbage & tomatoes .. went on 10 day holiday – all dead .... caulis & cabbage eaten away by Cabbage white caterpillars to just stalks .... annoying as there was a full crop of 2 dozen of each.
Tomatoes died as kids failed to water them as asked (lesson learned here)

Now looking to put in some winter plants .... I know I can start putting in for Spring cabbage & cauliflower - but would like some winter crops. is it too late to get hold of or plant Winter cabbage & Cauliflowers plants ?
if so where do I get them.
Anything else I can look at putting in now or next month .... (except beans).
Curly kale for example.



I am in South Wales, coastal location first Autumn frost is typically mid Nov.

[Mikey & Annie]

We know what you mean about the pests on the brassicas. The number of things we have to do to ensure any make it to maturity at all! Take heart though, cos there are ways.

I saw some plants for sale - spring cabbages and caulis on ebay - 10 or 12 per pack.

[rainlove20]

carrots - USDA
How to plant a fall and winter vegetable garden to have fresh vegetables even in snow. A list of cool season vegetables. Plan today for your fall and winter harvest.

When you plant a winter garden and what you are able to grow successfully in the winter garden will depend upon your location and garden zone. But you can easily calculate when to plant it by knowing the days to maturity of the vegetables you plan to grow. For example, you know that carrots take about 60 days to mature, so they need to be planted 60 days before the date you want to harvest them.

Carrots are one of those wonderful crops that you can leave in the ground in cold weather perhaps up to Christmas time. Parsnips can stay in the ground even further. Some people put bales of hay on top to help keep them warmer. Amazingly enough, snow provides a good cover for carrots and parsnips. Most people agree parsnips taste far better after the roots are exposed to near-freezing temperatures in the fall and early winter. Then the starch in the parsnip root changes into sugar, enhancing the flavor.

If you plan to sow seeds, you need to get them in the ground while the ground is still warm. Most plants need warmth to germinate. You can direct seed peas, carrots, beets, spinach and lettuce. In a warmer climate, you would do that around the first week of August.

[Digindeep]

Broad beans, Aquadulce Claudia,- Cabbage, Candissa F1, Wheelers Imperial, Durham Early, - Cauliflower, Alpha 7 Jubro, - Calabresse, Green Magic, Lettuce, Winter Density, Valdor, Mizuna.
Just a few winter varieties that can be sown from September through until in some cases mid/late October...
Hopefully you will already have in sprouts and PSB, at the moment we are picking an early variety of PSB, until the later variety comes on, next will be sprouts and PSB will follow again.
Its down to planing realy and of course getting hold of some decent seed catalogues...have fun, enjoy and beast of luck....

[athelnstone]

You can plant following for winter :

1) Mesclun
2) Broad Beans
3) Lambs Lettuce
4) Garlic
5) Spinach

[mor]

some of the best of cool winter vegetables to grow are snow peas takes about 60days to harvest, cabbage, broccoli 60-75 days to harvest.

[Sargan]

Planted onions, garlic, cauli they are all going well.
Also put in a whole pack of spring cabbage seeds...great growth to about 3" high. snow arrived, all cabbage plants died.