What's in season

A friendly nudge rather than a rulebook. Sixty-odd crops, roughly when each one wants sowing, planting out and picking.

October jobs

What is worth doing right about now.

Plant out

  • Garlic
  • Rhubarb
  • Strawberry

Harvest

  • Apple
  • Aubergine
  • Beetroot
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Chilli
  • Chives
  • and 15 more

In flower

  • Nasturtium
  • Sow indoors
  • Sow outdoors
  • Plant out
  • Harvest
  • In flower
CropJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AubergineNothing to doSISINothing to doPOPONothing to doHHHNothing to doNothing to do
BeetrootNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOSOHSOHHHHNothing to doNothing to do
BroccoliNothing to doNothing to doSISISOSOPOSOPOPOHHHHHNothing to do
CabbageHHSOSOSOPOPOPOHHHHHH
CarrotNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOSOHSOHHHHHNothing to do
ChilliSISISINothing to doPOPOHHHHNothing to doNothing to do
CourgetteNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doSISIPOPOHHHNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
CucumberNothing to doNothing to doSISIPOPOHHHNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
GarlicNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doHHHNothing to doPOPONothing to do
KaleHHHSOSOSOPOPONothing to doNothing to doHHH
LeekHSIHSISOHSOPOPONothing to doNothing to doHHHH
LettuceNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHSOHSOHSOHHHNothing to doNothing to do
OnionNothing to doNothing to doSOSONothing to doNothing to doHHHNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
Pak choiNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHSOHSOHHHNothing to doNothing to do
PeaNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOSOHHHHNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
PotatoNothing to doNothing to doPOPOPOHHHHNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
PumpkinNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doSISIPOPONothing to doNothing to doHHNothing to doNothing to do
RadishNothing to doNothing to doSOSOHSOHSOHSOHSOHSOHHNothing to doNothing to do
Runner beanNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doSISISOSOHHHHNothing to doNothing to do
SpinachNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHSOHSOHSOHSOHHHNothing to do
Spring onionNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHSOHSOHSOHHHNothing to doNothing to do
Sweet pepperNothing to doSISINothing to doPOPONothing to doHHHNothing to doNothing to do
SweetcornNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doSISIPOPONothing to doHHHNothing to doNothing to do
TomatoNothing to doSISISIPOPOHHHHNothing to doNothing to do
ApplePOPOPOFFNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doHHPOPO
RaspberryPOPOPONothing to doFFHHHNothing to doPOPO
RhubarbPOPOPOHHHHNothing to doNothing to doPOPOPO
StrawberryNothing to doNothing to doPOPOFFHFHHPOPONothing to doNothing to do
BasilNothing to doNothing to doSISISISIHHHHNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
ChivesNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHHHHHHNothing to doNothing to do
MintNothing to doNothing to doPOPOPOHPOHPOHPOHPOHHNothing to doNothing to do
ParsleyNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHSOHSOHSOHHHHNothing to do
RosemaryHHHPOHPOHPOHPOHPOHPOHHHH
LavenderNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doPOPOPOFFFNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do
NasturtiumNothing to doNothing to doNothing to doSOSOSOHFHFHFHFFNothing to doNothing to do
SunflowerNothing to doNothing to doSISISOSONothing to doFFFNothing to doNothing to doNothing to do

A rough temperate guide, flipped automatically if you are south of the equator. Your own patch and your own weather beat this table every time.