August is peak harvest season and the start of winter preparation. What to sow and transplant now, how to make San Marzano passata, when to pick borlotti as fresh shell beans, and how to manage blight in the polytunnel.
Every month in the Irish kitchen garden has a job. Most of them take thirty minutes. Here is the full year, month by month, for Italian seed varieties in Irish conditions.
Ireland has one of the highest slug densities in Europe. Copper tape, nematodes and companion planting: the layered organic system that actually works in Irish gardens.
May is the month everything changes in the Irish kitchen garden. The soil is warm enough, the risk of frost drops, and the real growing season begins. Here is every variety to sow now.
April in Ireland is when the kitchen garden comes alive. Tomatoes, basil, courgettes, beans and more. The complete sowing list with every variety available at BloomySeeds right now.
March is the true start of the Irish growing season. Start tomatoes and peppers indoors, sow salad leaves under cover, and prepare beds for the months ahead. Month by month sowing guide.
