{"id":109637,"date":"2019-08-04T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/allan-jenkins-on-gardening-get-your-timing-right-for-summer-sown-greens\/"},"modified":"2019-08-04T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T05:04:08","slug":"allan-jenkins-on-gardening-get-your-timing-right-for-summer-sown-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/allan-jenkins-on-gardening-get-your-timing-right-for-summer-sown-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"Allan Jenkins on gardening | Get your timing right for summer-sown greens"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSow successive rows of spinach and spring cabbage if you have room, and it\u2019s nearly the last chance for \u2018Oriental leaves\u2019August gardening means autumn (sorry). That doesn\u2019t mean the weather won\u2019t be hot and dry, though it can be a sultry month. Land will likely need constant watering and weeding, mulching maybe. There isn\u2019t as much to sow, though, so try to make good use of summer space that opens up as potatoes are lifted, peas finish, and shallots and onions are dried.Timing is more of a thing now, so sow successive rows of spinach and spring cabbage if you have room. It is nearing your last chance to sow chard and \u2018Oriental leaves\u2019. Pak choi, mibuna, mizuna, and komatsuna (mustard spinach) are mostly fast-growing and widely available in garden stores or online from Chiltern (chilternseeds.co.uk), Real Seeds (realseeds.co.uk), and Kings (kingsseeds.com), among others. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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