September: 12 varieties to sow
Hardy annuals sown now flower from May. Winter lettuce and spinach stand under a cloche. Broad beans and sweet peas wait for October.
How borrowing works
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Choose
Up to five packets from the catalogue.
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Request
Send the borrow form. Collect on Wednesday or Saturday.
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Grow
Sow by the calendar. Mark two or three plants for seed.
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Save
Harvest, clean and dry the seed. Easy varieties first.
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Return
By 30 November: seed, or the unused packet. Guide
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- Tomato ‘Gardener's Delight’
- Tomato ‘Black Krim’
- Chilli ‘Hungarian Hot Wax’
- Sweet pepper ‘California Wonder’
- Courgette ‘Black Beauty’
- Winter squash ‘Uchiki Kuri’
- Butternut squash ‘Waltham’
- Runner bean ‘Scarlet Emperor’
- Dwarf French bean ‘Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco’
- Lettuce ‘Little Gem’
- Lettuce ‘Lollo Rosso’
- Lettuce ‘Winter Density’
- Rocket ‘Salad rocket’
- Spinach ‘Giant Winter’
- Swiss chard ‘Fordhook Giant’
- Kale ‘Cavolo Nero’
- Kale ‘Red Russian’
- Pak choi ‘White stem’
- Carrot ‘Nantes 2’
- Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’
- Beetroot ‘Boltardy’
- Beetroot ‘Chioggia’
- Radish ‘French Breakfast’
- Parsnip ‘Tender and True’
- Leek ‘Musselburgh’
- Spring onion ‘White Lisbon’
- Coriander ‘Leisure’
- Parsley ‘Giant of Italy’
- Chervil ‘Plain’
- Chives ‘Common’
- Calendula ‘Indian Prince’
- Cosmos ‘Purity’
- Sunflower ‘Russian Giant’
- Zinnia ‘Envy’
- Nasturtium ‘Empress of India’
- Phacelia ‘Tansy phacelia’