What to plant in August in Canada
4 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Canada, for the climate around Southern Ontario, Canada (near Toronto and Georgian Bay).
Climate: Cold continental climate with severe winters down to about -28 °C and frost typically from late October to late April, warm humid summers up to 36 °C, and fairly even rain of roughly 50 to 120 mm a month, so the growing season runs from late May to September.
Vegetables
Garden pea Pisum sativum
Cool spring soil and mild early summer suit peas, and they sow as soon as the ground can be worked in April.
Harvest: 60-70 daysEasyCare guide →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It thrives in the cool spring and autumn weather and can be sown again after the summer heat.
Harvest: 40-50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Loose-leaf lettuce grows quickly in the cool months and can be sown in succession through summer.
Harvest: 30-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Radishes mature in under a month in the cool spring and early autumn, and can be resown all season.
Harvest: 25-30 daysEasyIn pots