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Vegetable Garden in May
 
Week 18   30th-5th

Sow Basil Broad beans 

Plant out pot grown lettuce if conditions allow.

Plant out new Mint or divide established plants

Remove flower heads from garlic that has bolted.

Erect Runner bean support frame

Weed Shallot beds

Week 19   6th-12th

Sow; maincrop potatoes  if not done earlier 

Plant out pot grown broad beans.

Plant out Onions / Onion setts Peas

Place autumn cropping cabbage in coldframe

Prepare Carrot and Fennel beds.

Prepare bed for Beetroot

Week 20   13th-19th

Sow Beetroot Fennel French Beans Lettuce Parsnips Radish Runner beans

Plant out Asparagus Calabrese Fennel Globe artichokes Welsh Onions

Earth up potatoes

Crop spears from established Asparagus beds

Harden off Chilli peppers

Thin out Kohl rabi

Week 21   20th-26th

Sow Carrots Parsley Spring Onions Peas Turnip

Plant out Basil Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Coriander Marjoram Origanum Rosemary

Feed Onions

Week 22   27th-2nd

Sow Pack choi insitu

Plant out Celery Courgettes French Bean Gourd Kohl rabi Marrows Melon Pak choi Pumpkins Runner bean Sage Sweet Corn Thyme

Feed Shallots

 
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