My vegetable sowing Calendar 2023

Discover and be reminded of the best sowing dates for each vegetable. A beautiful Calendar to hang on your wall. Use these dates to help you enjoy a regular supply of fresh produce through all four seasons.

Each month of the growing season has my recommended and most successful sowing dates for each vegetable, to increase the likelihood of large harvests. Every date is based on decades of fine tuning, from observations and learning over many years. Plus for each month, there is a seasonal Homeacres photograph,

As well as sowing dates, I have added a brief vegetable growing summary for every month, to help you keep on track. There are also tips for successful growing using no dig, as well as information on multisowing – the reasons why I recommend it and a table giving my recommendations for multisowing of different vegetables.

The calendar sowing dates are for a Zone 8b climate in southern UK. Oceanic temperate, similar to PNW USA.
You can use this calendar in different climates, with a little adjustment to the dates. If your climate is cooler, sow later by 1-4 weeks in spring, then sow a week or two earlier in summer and autumn, from the solstice onwards.

My recommended dates are not always the same as you will read on the packet of seeds! For some reason, they pay little attention to flowering dates and, for example, I do not recommend to sow salad rocket, pak choi and spinach, as in true spinach not leaf beet, from late April through to late July. That way you avoid their flowering season. By sowing either very early in the year or in August, you are far more likely to enjoy a long season of harvest.

Signed copies are from my website shop https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-calendar-of-vegetable-sowing-dates-2023-signed/

In addition we offer a half price Calendar, in a bundle with my new No Dig book. You can request dedications at checkout, https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/special-offer-new-no-dig-book-and-2023-calendar/

For those in the southern hemisphere, we have created a six-month adjusted calendar for you. You can download it as a PDF using this link: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Southern-Hemisphere-Sowing-Guide-2022.pdf

And for those of you in cooler climates such as Scotland, one of my followers Mary created this very thorough timeline for sowing: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Highland-Seedlings-Sowing-Schedule-1.pdf

Filmed and created by Alessandro Vitale @Spicy Moustache, at Homeacres no dig garden in the UK, zone 8 temperate oceanic, September 2022