{"id":13879,"date":"2021-08-17T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/?p=13879"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:14:57","slug":"what-to-plant-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"What to plant in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>There are still quite a few things to sow in August that will provide you with a good supply of food over the winter period. Late croppers such as Spring Cabbage and Winter Roscoff Cauliflower can be sown in modules or seed trays to plant outdoors in Autumn for a crop next spring \/ early summer. Cabbage can also be sown directly into drills outside. Plant out cauliflowers, as well as hardy kales.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a bit of spare space in the polytunnel, spring onions, spinach, rocket, mustard and salad leaves can still be sown and it&#8217;s not too late for a last sowing of turnips and some fast growing radishes.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are still quite a few things to sow in August that will provide you with a good supply of food over the winter period. Late croppers such as Spring Cabbage and Winter Roscoff Cauliflower can be sown in modules or seed trays to plant outdoors in Autumn for a crop next spring \/ early  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-to-sow-now"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to plant in August - Irish Seed Savers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to plant in August - Irish Seed Savers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are still quite a few things to sow in August that will provide you with a good supply of food over the winter period. Late croppers such as Spring Cabbage and Winter Roscoff Cauliflower can be sown in modules or seed trays to plant outdoors in Autumn for a crop next spring \/ early [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Irish Seed Savers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T13:43:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-20T13:14:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"306\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Barry Foley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Barry Foley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Barry Foley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79df930b3fc05811e7f149eeed310c53\"},\"headline\":\"What to plant in August\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-17T13:43:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-20T13:14:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":116,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"What to Sow Now\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/\",\"name\":\"What to plant in August - Irish Seed Savers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-17T13:43:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-20T13:14:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79df930b3fc05811e7f149eeed310c53\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg\",\"width\":702,\"height\":306},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/17\\\/what-to-plant-in-august\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What to plant in August\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Irish Seed Savers\",\"description\":\"Irish Seed Savers, Scariff, Ireland are dedicated to the preservation of traditional native varieties of fruit and vegetables. Buy our seeds online. We maintain a seed bank, and distribute non-commercially available seed varieties.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79df930b3fc05811e7f149eeed310c53\",\"name\":\"Barry Foley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8d66f360980a6fcac662834d3272062c650bbdedbabe14ad0e96ac23de4415ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8d66f360980a6fcac662834d3272062c650bbdedbabe14ad0e96ac23de4415ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8d66f360980a6fcac662834d3272062c650bbdedbabe14ad0e96ac23de4415ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Barry Foley\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/author\\\/barry\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What to plant in August - Irish Seed Savers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What to plant in August - Irish Seed Savers","og_description":"There are still quite a few things to sow in August that will provide you with a good supply of food over the winter period. Late croppers such as Spring Cabbage and Winter Roscoff Cauliflower can be sown in modules or seed trays to plant outdoors in Autumn for a crop next spring \/ early [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/","og_site_name":"Irish Seed Savers","article_published_time":"2021-08-17T13:43:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-20T13:14:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":702,"height":306,"url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Barry Foley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Barry Foley","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/"},"author":{"name":"Barry Foley","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#\/schema\/person\/79df930b3fc05811e7f149eeed310c53"},"headline":"What to plant in August","datePublished":"2021-08-17T13:43:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-20T13:14:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/"},"wordCount":116,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg","articleSection":["What to Sow Now"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/","name":"What to plant in August - Irish Seed Savers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-08-17T13:43:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-20T13:14:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#\/schema\/person\/79df930b3fc05811e7f149eeed310c53"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/What-to-plant-now.jpeg","width":702,"height":306},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2021\/08\/17\/what-to-plant-in-august\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What to plant in August"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#website","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/","name":"Irish Seed Savers","description":"Irish Seed Savers, Scariff, Ireland are dedicated to the preservation of traditional native varieties of fruit and vegetables. Buy our seeds online. We maintain a seed bank, and distribute non-commercially available seed varieties.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#\/schema\/person\/79df930b3fc05811e7f149eeed310c53","name":"Barry Foley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d66f360980a6fcac662834d3272062c650bbdedbabe14ad0e96ac23de4415ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d66f360980a6fcac662834d3272062c650bbdedbabe14ad0e96ac23de4415ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d66f360980a6fcac662834d3272062c650bbdedbabe14ad0e96ac23de4415ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Barry Foley"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop"],"url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/author\/barry\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}