Moongrowers latest blog (Growing by the moon in July) will tell you Paulc. Welcome to Goy. Click on Gardening Blogs to find it.

Hi, I think this was answered on question 27324

You cannot go wrong if you simply follow directions on the seed packets or visit your garden centre and buy some ready grown plants and have a go that is the only way to learn, try cabbage,lettuce,carrot etc.even buy some nice herbs and plant them up, you will only learn from experience, good luck.

Hi Paulc there is lots you can still grow at this time of year. As Scotsgran said take a look at the blog I posted this morning on growing by the moon in July. You don't HAVE to follow the moon instructions part but it will give you a clear idea of what can still be sown now. I'd be cautious of buying an veg. plants from a garden centre at this time of year they will have been in the cells too long and possibly not properly cared for.

Paul, I have purchased some lovely veg from our GC, very strong, good plants and planted them at our daughters and already we have had lovely harvest, gardening is all about 'having a go' and it doesnt matter if you get something wrong, you simply start again. The thing is to enjoy what you do.

Grandmage - exactly you are already harvesting... Anything left in a GC now is past it!

Why do you always challenge me? It was only a few weeks ago we purchased courgettes and are eating them now. We have an excellent GC and I would always recommend to friends. Especially new comers

Grandmage - I would not buy any veggie plant being sold in a GC at this time of year (actually change that I would not buy veggie plants sold in a GC ever!). I was not and never have challenged you I do, frequently, disagree with what you say. Other GoYers disagree with me - this is the nature of a gardening website.

I am encouraging Paul to learn how to 'grow' veggies. I maintain my view that at this time of year the plants on sale are not of the best... you can, of course, do exactly as you chose. At the same time I am entitled to give my views and opinions - and that is all they are views and opinions.

If you have had success with courgettes you have bought as plants recently that is great! Up here in the north of Scotland you couldn't but a veg. plant seedling to save your life now.

I went in to Aldi this afternoon to buy some messages and they were offering childrens seeds for 69p instead of 99p. There are carrots, radish, spring onions, pumpkin and courgette in smaller packets inside the glossy cover. Some can be planted now some earlier in the year and some later. The ones which should have been planted earlier can be used next year and the others can be used this year. It was cheap and cheerful. If some of the results are not as good as your next door neighbour learn from the experience and look for solutions. If you like lettuce buy a carton of living veg from Lidl and transplant the plants in to your planter. They will grow like topsy if you water them and give them some seaweed feed or tomato food. Just cut off the leaves you need and you will have enough lettuce to keep you going until the frost gets them. You can buy from anywhere you like - garden centre, nursery, DIY store etc and you will soon have your favourites where you are happy with the plants and their progress. Mg is trying to save you from being disappointed and then blaming yourself because you did something to hamper the plants if they are not satisfactory. My mother rarely lost a plant and my dad said it was because she talked to them. She just cared and took an interest. You can plant Japanese onion sets in August. The only month recommended for planting them so keep a look out in the shops. They will be ready to eat earlier than those planted next spring. You should be able to source young leeks now too. Use a dibber to make a hole and drop in your individual leeks but do not fill them in with soil. Just water them in. The following is a good link to growing veg for the complete novice. http://www.gardeningdata.co.uk/vegetables/vegetables_sowing.php