what's growing in early september.

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September brings spring bulbs and cool weather crops to the garden. 

 What's Growing in the Garden

  • Cos lettuce
  • Perpetual spinach
  • Sparkler radish
  • Daffodils
  • Iris
  • Crocus
  • Tulips
  • Pansies

I planted lettuce and spinach in autumn, but picked a poor location.   All the seeds sprouted, but the resulting plants were small and not suitable for harvest.  They survived the winter and now that the days are lengthening they are finally bulking up.   Hopefully they will be ready to enjoy in a week or two. 

The spring bulbs have been poking up since the beginning of August and are just beginning to flower.  

Garden bed with a row of spinach
Double daffodil

What's Growing in the Sun Room

We live in a frosty area with a short growing season.  It's not unusual for frosts to occur as late as early December.  Greenhouse are a must-have here, but we don't own one yet and instead must rely on our sun room to start summer seeds. 

So far I've had disappointing results with many of the seeds not germinating.  There have been two successes though.

  • Globe artichokes
  • Sweet 100 tomatoes

The artichokes surprisingly germinated in just 17 days, but the tomatoes took a whopping 27!   The artichoke seedlings are surprisingly hardy, I've been placing them outside on the porch during the day so they can soak up the sun.


Artichoke seedling.


There's still heaps to be done.  Our neighbours just confirmed they will be removing a tree that shades one of our garden beds.  I'd been debating how much work I should put into getting it ready for summer, but now I'm excited to start weeding and plotting!