The time of the year with the summer feeling yet the endless days give way to darkened evening.
Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn
John Greenleaf Whittir

September – late summer or early autumn? Well, it depends on the weather. September can have the most pleasant weather, with clear hot sunny days (without the stifling heat of summer) and pleasant evenings however, the end of the month can herald autumnal wind and rain. September is regarded as the start of the farming year, with the harvest all but complete. September is also the start of the time for traditional feasts, festivals, and fairs. Modern-day carnivals and fairs rooted in the traditions of agricultural hiring fairs and feast celebrations of harvest home.
Dates, events, holidays and festivals.
September 2022
Seasonal, astronomical and nautical events
3rd August – 1st Quarter
4th September – Neap Tide
10th September – Full Moon, Harvest Moon
11th September – Spring Tide
17th August – 3rd Quarter
18th August – Neap Tide
23rd September – Autumn Equinox
25th September – New Moon
26th September – Spring Tide
Festivals and events, religious, traditional and sporting
1st – 4th September – Bournemouth Air Festival 2022
2nd – 3rd September – Spirit of Speyside, Distilled food and drink
2nd – 4th September – The Victory Show 2022
3rd September – The Braemar Gathering
3rd September – Kildale Show
7th & 8th September – Helitech Expo 2022, ExCel Exhibition Centre
8th September – Jersey International Air Display
8th September- Guernsey Air Display
10th September – Abingdon Air & Country Show 2022
10th & 11th September – International Causeway Airshow, Portstewart
10th & 11th September – Autumn Flying Meeting, North Coates Airfield
11th September – Ironman Wales
13th September – The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
13th – 17th September – British Science Festival
6th – 11th September – RHS Garden Wisley Flower Show
9th – 18th September – Heritage Open Days
15th – 18th September – Mid-Wales 4 Day Walking Festival
16th & 17th September – Egremont Crab Fair & World Gurning Championships
16th – 18th September – Goodwood Revival
17th September – Pewsey Illuminated Carnival
17th September – Stokesley Show
17th & 18th September – Abergavenny Food Festival
19th September – NSA Wales and Border Main Ram Sale
24th Sept – 2nd October – Devizes Food & Drink Festival
25th September – World Stone Skimming Championships
30th September – 2nd October – Red Dragon Ride Festival of Endurance
TBA – Dundee Food and Flower Show
TBA – Matlock Bath Illuminations
TBA – Buxton International Festival
TBA – Camp Good Life
TBA – Lealholm Show
TBA – Castleton Show
Also see the Red Arrows UK display schedule 2022
Find more events and notable dates throughout the year
September seasonal Foods
What foods are seasonal in September.
Greens and leaves: Cabbage, Cavolo nero, Chervil, Lettuce, Mint, Pak choi, Radicchio, Sorrel, Spinach, Watercress.
Roots and other veg: Aubergine, Beetroot, Broad bean, Broccoli, Carrot, Celery, Celeriac, Courgette, Fennel bulb, Garlic, Globe artichoke, Kohlrabi, Lamb’s lettuce, Leek, Marrow, Onion, Parsnip, Spring onion, Peas, Pepper, Radish, Runner bean, Sweetcorn, Swiss chard, Tomato, Tuna
Meat: Beef, Chicken, Grouse, Goose, Guinea Fowl, Lamb, Pork
Fruit: Blackberry, Damson, Elderberries, Gooseberry, Loganberry, Pear, Plum, Raspberry, Redcurrant, Strawberry.
Seafood: Crab, Halibut, Salmon, Kipper, Mackerel, Oyster.
Exotics: Banana, Fig, Nectarine, Peach, Pomegranate.
Find out more about seasonal foods throughout the year with a guide to Seasonal foods.
In nature
The harvest of natures bounty
On the Farm in September
Harvest continues at full pace, remaining barley and wheat being cut. Straw bailed and removed or shredded in situ.
Whether lambs are sold as they finish or as store lambs for further fattening. Preparation for gimmer and draft ewe sales. Wean lambs.
Harvest Potatoes. Start harvest of beets.
Ploughing and harrowing (disc harrowing to quickly open compacted soil to reduce water runoff in heavy rains).
Drill oilseed rape, winter wheat and barley.
Find out more about what is happening in the Year on the farm

Things to do in September
In the September garden
What to plant and sow
Gardening hints
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Out and about
Also, see the Out and about Blogs
Days and nights draw even.

Recipe of the month.
Savoury Crumble
This recipe can be enjoyed anytime for the next six moths, of yuo are considering what is seasonal. There’s not much variety in the vegetable department, however, all the ingredients are traditional all the way though to the end of April.
Although butternut squash is specified, any similar squash would be great, Crown prince for one, maybe even pumpkin for a slightly sweeter version. Leeks are ever present, but can be substituted for Onion if required. The other ingredients, well, pure winter warming comfort.
Ingredients
400 g butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 2cm pieces
2 tsp. vegetable oil
2 leeks, trimmed and sliced
5 rashers unsmoked back bacon, roughly chopped
For The White Sauce
50 g butter
50 g plain flour
700 ml milk
75 g mature Cheddar cheese
For The Crumble
175 g plain flour
25 g parmesan, finely grated
1 tsp. dried mixed herbs
100 g butter, chilled and chopped
Equipment.
Baking tray
Mixing bowl
Oven proof dish.
I trust you have saucepans and wooden spoon.
Preparation
Peel, de-seed and chop the squash into 2CM peices.
Clean and chop the leeks. Chop the bacon.
Preheat Oven to 190°C (170°C fan) mark 5.
Cooking
Mix squash, 1tsp oil and some seasoning on a baking tray and roast for 30min, until tender.
Meanwhile, heat remaining 1tsp oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook leeks for 5min. Add bacon, turn up heat to high and fry for 5min, stirring occasionally, until starting to brown. Set aside.
Make the white sauce. Melt the butter in a large pan. Stir in flour and cook for 1min. Remove pan from heat and gradually stir in the milk until smooth. Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in the Cheddar.
Mix the cooked butternut squash and leek mixture into the white sauce. Check seasoning and spoon into a 2-litre ovenproof dish.
For the crumble, mix the flour, Parmesan, dried herbs and some seasoning in a bowl. Rub in butter using your fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Sprinkle crumble mixture over the filling and cook in oven for 50min, until golden and bubbling.
Serve with seasonal vegetables and some potatoes.
For more inspiration see the Food Blogs
September Jobs in the vegetable garden or allotment
General Jobs
Water plants that are still growing and young.
Ripen Squashes.
Sow green manures.
Turn Compost heap.
Cut down asparagus.
Harvest maincrop potatoes.
Sowing and Planting
Indoors and outdoors: Sow -Lettuces, Radishes, Rocket, Salad leaves, Spinach, Spring onions.
Plant: Cabbages (spring), Cranberries, Onion sets, Strawberries.
Harvest
Apples, Apricots, Aubergines, Beetroot, Blackberries, Blueberries, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbages, Carrots, Cauliflowers, Celeriac, Celery, Chicory, Chillies and peppers, Courgettes, Cranberries, Cucumbers, Endives, Fennel, Figs, French beans, Globe artichokes, Grapes, Kohl rabi, Leeks, Lettuces, Marrows, Melons, Onions, Oriental leaves, Pears, Peas Plums, Potatoes, Radishes, Raspberries, Rocket, Runner beans, Spinach, Spring onions, Strawberries, Summer squash, Swede, Sweetcorn, Sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, Tomatoes, Turnips, Winter radishes, Winter squash.
Find out more about what is happening in the allotment or vegetable garden

Activities, things to see and do in September
With lengthening days arise more opportunities to get out and about. To see what is happening in nature and the countryside. There is also a lot more to see as they year really starts to get going.
Thinking about getting out and about, then perhaps Buy OS Landranger maps direct from Ordnance Survey to discover new places or see the latest handheld GPS devices with bundled mapping from Ordnance Survey.