In my “Grow Your Own month-by-month” series I will share with you a handy to do list, a list of fruits and vegetables you can harvest and a list of fruits and vegetables you can plant for that specific month.
What to do in your Kitchen Garden in September
Although the seasons are beginning to change there's still plenty that you can be harvesting and planting in September.
Jobs list
- Add old plants to your compost pile along with grass cuttings, veg peels and fallen leaves.
- Cut back flowering salad leaves, leeks, chard and kale
- Keep watering
- Preserve gluts by pickling, fermenting and making jams and chutneys
- Avoid wasps by harvesting ripe fruit
- Build supports for vegetables that will last throughout the autumn and into winter
- Build polytunnels to keep crops warm when the cold weather comes
Plant now
Plant these crops while the days are still long and there's warmth in the soil. It will get your autumn and winter crops off to a great start. Some of these crops will also last through to spring.
- broad beans
- broccoli
- chard
- chicory
- leeks
- kale
- pak choi
- spinach
- spring cabbage
- spring onions
- swede
- turnips
- winter lettuces
- winter cabbage
Harvest now
There's still plenty to harvest in September:
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Carrots
- Celery
- Chard
- Courgette
- Fennel
- French beans, Runner beans and Broad beans
- Lettuce and other salad leaves
- Peppers
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Spring onions
- Summer Squash
- Sweetcorn
- Apples
- Blackberries
- Blackcurrants, Redcurrants and Whitecurrants
- Cherries
- Figs
- Gooseberries
- Pears
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
Seasonal recipe ideas
More autumn recipe ideas
My autumn recipe collection is full of recipes that you can make with the vegetables you’ve harvested during September.
Next month: October
Want to get ahead? Read my post on growing your own fruits and vegetables in October.
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