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What seeds are we sewing in August?
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And in
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today's video, we're going to talk about
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what seeds I am personally planting in
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August this month as I want to start
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some more off. Things are starting to
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die off and I want something else to
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concentrate on doing. And August is a
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fantastic time to start off your bienial
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flowers. That means that you start them
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off this year and then they'll flower
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next year. So, what seeds are we
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planting? That is the big question. So,
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we're going to be starting a lot of
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flowers off ready for next year. I like
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my flowers as they attract the bees and
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the bees help with pollination as well.
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So, the first one that we're going to be
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sewing is forget me knots. I've never
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sewn them before. So, we'll see how well
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they get on. We'll be starting these off
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in the poly tunnel. keeping them alive
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throughout the winter and then planting
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them next year. So, they look pretty
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Then we're going to try some fox gloves.
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Now, bees absolutely love these. They
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love going into the flowers, collecting
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the nectar, and then flying off. So,
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yeah, they'll be a great one to start.
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I'm looking forward to growing these.
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I'm learning more and more about flowers
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all the time as I don't know much about
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flowers. I know obviously more about
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vegetables, but the more I learn, the
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more I can share with you guys. So
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again, if you're wanting to try and grow
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some flowers yourself, these are the
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ones to get started now, ready for next
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year. Then we're also going to grow some
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primulas. Now, I'm not always that keen
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on these because when they do start to
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die off, they look horrible, but they
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add some color throughout the winter
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period. So, we're going to be sewing
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some of these and hopefully we'll get
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some flowers on them throughout the
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Then, an easy one, and yes, they are
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easy. I've had fantastic results from
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growing these myself. I've grown them a
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few years over the past, and these are
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loopins. They grow really well. Start
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them off now, and you'll probably get
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small flowers next year, but then the
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year after they'll probably be a lot
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bigger. So, if you're wanting some
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fantastic loopins, get growing some now
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and see how well you get on. Like I
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said, they're nice and easy and they're
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expensive to buy the plants, so it saves
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you a hell of a lot of money and they
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look absolutely fantastic in the garden.
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Then we're going to try some sweet
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Never grown these before. Again, another
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new bit to me. So, we'll be giving it a
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try, seeing how well they get on. seeing
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if we get a good result. Obviously, give
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us a follow and then you'll be able to
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stay up to date with how well we get on
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And last but not least, are wall
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flowers. Again, another fantastic
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flower. And again, I've never tried
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these before. So, all these new ones are
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new to me as well, and I'm looking
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forward to trying all these. Then, I'm
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only going to be sewing one vegetable to
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try throughout the winter. You may have
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seen in my previous video about um
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Chinese cabbage. I've never tried
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growing Chinese cabbage before, so I
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thought why not give it a try? Let's see
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how well we get on with it and taste it.
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I've never tried Chinese cabbage, so
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it'll be great to try it. So, I'm going
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to try some of that. See how we get on
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and see if we can grow some through the
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winter and see if we get any good
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Then, finally, Christmas potatoes. I'm
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going to be starting my Christmas
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potatoes. And these are the ones that
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I'm going to be trying. If you So,
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obviously, if you're growing Christmas
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potatoes, I plant them in the poly
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tunnel in boxes because the cold frost
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can damage them. So, I grow them in the
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poly tunnel. I plant them in August and
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then they'll be ready to harvest around
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December time. So, I bought these online
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and I thought, "Oh, that's a good
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price." Didn't realize how many I'd
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bought too many poly for me. I'll be
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sharing them with somebody else. So,
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we've got three varieties of potatoes.
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Aaron Pilot, but look at how many is in
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There's a kilogram in each one. So,
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there's about 25 potatoes. I only needed
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probably about six of each one.
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too many potatoes. It'll be all right if
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I planted them outside, but because I'm
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planting them in boxes, it'll be more
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expensive getting all the compost for
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them. Then we've got some javelin
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And then we have got some Maris Piper
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ones as well. So yeah, three great
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varieties of potato. We'll be planting
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them next weekend down at the a lotment.
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So, make sure you stay tuned for that.
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I'll do a video on us planting them and
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then obviously you'll be able to follow
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along and see how well they get on. So,
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if you're wanting Christmas potatoes,
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make sure you order them online. You can
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get your seed potatoes and most garden
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centers do them now. They uh really try
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and sell Christmas potatoes, but
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remember to grow them indoors. Uh some
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people do grow them outside, but I
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wouldn't advise it as the frost can kill
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the plants if we do get a hard frost. So
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yeah, give it a try. Let me know if
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you're going to be growing Christmas
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potatoes or if you're going to try any
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of those flowers as well or even Chinese
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cabbage. I'd love to hear from you all.
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So make sure you share this post to
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gardening groups to let them know what
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can be sewn and encourage other people
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to grow stuff. Give it a like, give it a
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comment, and keep watching my videos. So
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until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
