Grant Douglas's Garden Diary

Week 52: Fifth week of December

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Sowing or Planting this week:

Basil
Beetroot
Beans - Scarlet, Runner (Shiney Fardenlosa), Dwarf Butter (2nd sowing)
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 for new Potatoes, plus planting for main crop (storage)
Red Onions
Silverbeet and Perpetual Spinach
Spinach (New Zealand)
Spring Onions
Sprouting Broccoli
Sweet Corn
Zuchini

Sow Direct:

Carrots - main crop varieties
Corn Salad
Corriander/Dill
Mescalin Mix
Parsnips
Rocket
Radish

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