Seed sowing may have slowed down a bit by now, but there are still flowers and veg to get underway this month.

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October sowings of peas, broad beans and cauliflowers should pay dividends with earlier crops next spring and summer. In milder areas of the UK, hardy annuals can still be sown now, and sweet pea sowing season starts this month.

Members of the primula family such as primroses, cowslips and oxlips can be sown until the end of November. Violas sown this month should produce flowers next year.

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