In the vegetable garden you should be still getting
harvests of summer vegetables and the early winter ones may be ready now;
September can be a really bumper time for the allotment gardener or anyone who
has a vegetable patch, no matter how small. If you have an area you can have
under cloches or as a small cold frame, spring cabbage and cauliflower can be
sown in September. A few winter lettuce will make a nice change in your salads
in the dark days to come and they can go in now as well, as can broad beans and
peas for next year – choose an early variety.