{"id":965,"date":"2025-11-18T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/?p=965"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:06:28","slug":"sowing-basil-sweet-peas-peas-and-overwintering-lettuce-november-to-early-spring-starter-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/sowing-basil-sweet-peas-peas-and-overwintering-lettuce-november-to-early-spring-starter-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowing basil, sweet peas, peas and overwintering lettuce \u2014 November to early spring starter plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few indoor or covered sowings now set you up for early crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick starter tips<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Basil:<\/strong> Sow on a warm windowsill or under cover; pot on and keep frost-free (or overwinter in a bright, warm room). Basil is tender \u2014 start indoors and move outside after frost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sweet peas:<\/strong> Sow indoors or in a cold frame for early, stronger plants. GardenAdvice\u2019s sweet pea notes are helpful for timings: <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/sweet-peas-from-seed\/\">https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/sweet-peas-from-seed\/<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Peas &amp; overwinter lettuce:<\/strong> Sow hardy peas under low cloches or in sheltered trenches; sow overwinter lettuce in the greenhouse or cold frames (hardy cultivars).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Onions &amp; sets:<\/strong> Start onion seed\/sets in pots in the greenhouse; they can be potted on and moved to a sunny windowsill or protected indoor spot for extra growth before planting out when the soil warms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few indoor or covered sowings now set you up for early crops. Quick starter tips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}