It might feel like you've missed the boat when it comes to growing your own vegetables this year.
And while it is a touch late to get some things in the ground, there are plenty of other delicious edibles you can get started now and enjoy later in the year.
Lots of people seem to have questions about potatoes and whether it's too late to grow them.
Unfortunately, it is technically too late for spuds.
Brenda Smith, of Bud Garden Centre in Burnage, says that maincrop potatoes need about 20 weeks to mature, and will almost certainly be hit by blight, a type of fungal disease.
But if you do have some potato tubers kicking around, there's nothing to stop you putting them in the ground or container and seeing what happens. You may well get a meal from them yet.
If you don't, there are plenty of other edibles you can get started now.
We've included a few ideas below.
Salad crops
You can sow salad seeds directly into a pot, container or raised bed from from March until early September.
Most garden nurseries, hardware shops and some supermarkets sell packets of mixed leaves seeds, which are ideal for delicious summer meals.
Lettuce is the obvious choice, but you could try rocket or mustard leaves for a stronger flavour.
Salad leaves should be ready for picking around six-to-eight weeks after sowing.
Radish
Radishes are quick and easy to grow, plus they have a zingy colour and peppery flavour.
Sow directly into peat-free compost in a pot or veg bed and you can harvest within a month.
Beetroot
Another unfussy root vegetable you can still try this summer.
The delicious red roots can be boiled, roasted and pickled and the young colourful leaves can be picked for salads.
Beetroot can be grown in a pot, large container and of course in the ground.
Most of the varieties are ready to harvest in eight-to-10 weeks.
Carrots
There's still time to sow carrot seeds. In fact, you can keep sowing throughout July.
Your seeds should germinate within a couple of weeks. Just make sure you sow them thinly as you want to avoid thinning out the seedlings further down the line, as this makes them susceptible to carrot fly.
If sown now, your tasty fresh carrots should be ready to harvest in the autumn.
Swiss chard
You might have missed the boat for a summer crop of Swiss chard, but August is actually the ideal time to sow for an autumn harvest.
Either put your seeds directly into the ground or a pot, or start them off in modules to be planted out at the end of summer.
Not only do the leaves taste delicious, but their colourful foliage will brighten up any garden or window box in September.
