Grant Douglas's Garden Diary

Week 48: First week of December

No commentary (same as last week)

Sowing or Planting this week:

Tomatoes, Peppers, Chillis, Egg Plant
Basil
Beetroot
Beans - Scarlet, Runner (Shiney Fardenlosa), Dwarf ,Butter
Cabbage (Red and Green)
Cauliflower (Frieda - Summer variety)
Celeriac (for transplanting or direct)
Cucumber/Gherkins (am trying Lebanese Cucumbers this year - short type with very tender skin)
Kohl Rabi
Kumaras
Leeks
Lettuce (Loose-leaf Fancy and Hearting (Webbs or Greatlakes)
Onions
Pepinos
Potatoes - keep a succession of plantings going
Pumpkin/Squash
Red Onions
Silverbeet and Perpetual Spinach
Spinach (New Zealand)
Spring Onions
Sweet Corn
Watermelon/Rockmelon
Yams
Zuchini

Sow Direct:

Carrots - I find Topweight a good early variety
Chinese Greens and Cabbage
Corn Salad
Corriander/Dill
Mescalin Mix
Parsnips
Rocket
Radish

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