March 24, 2024

Spring's Elegant Spires- LARKSPUR - Germination and Sowing Tips

March 24, 2024/ Robin

Larkspur are one of our favorite late spring/early summer spires. They are fantastic cut flowers with a long stem length and lasting for two weeks in a vase. We love them arranged by themselves or in combination pale foliage and lime green flowers, roses, peonies, bells of Ireland, poppies, celosia, zinnias. With an array of colours, they are quintessential cottage garden flowers and much sought after by floral designers.

March 21, 2024

Winter Lettuce - Spotlight on All-Season Gem Lettuces

March 21, 2024/ Transition Farm

Lettuce, in our southern Victorian, cold, wet, frosty July, can turn to mush. In the 2020 - 2021 growing season, we trialed our entire lettuce collection, experimenting with seasonal sowing windows and protected and not protected positions. There was a clear winter winner.

January 30, 2024

Sowing and Transplanting in February

January 30, 2024/ Transition Farm

As school zone lights blink again, think of them as a reminder to sow your Autumn/ Winter garden. A small amount of time sowing seeds in the next two weeks can produce a diversity of nutrient dense, tasty vegetables throughout mid Autumn and Winter. In addition, if you have room in your cut flower garden and want to push your bouquet harvest into April and May, it is not too late!

December 30, 2023

Sowing and Transplanting in January

December 30, 2023/ Transition Farm

One of the greatest keys to continuous harvest is thinking one season ahead! Our quest for autumn brassicas finds us sowing those seeds now. We also continue our successive planting plan, including sowing our third and last planting of the season of zucchini and cucumbers.

December 01, 2023

Sowing and Transplanting in December

December 01, 2023/ Robin

December! Victorian’s declare the beginning of Summer on 1 December. With Summer Solstice on 21 December, we have entered ten weeks of long days and expanded sunrise and sunsets!

Succession planting of robust biodynamic and organic seeds is needed now to keep you harvesting your summer favorites. We have outlined our sowing and growing plan for December below.

September 23, 2023

Sowing Seeds for Cold / Warm Season Crops

September 23, 2023/ Robin

Here at Transition Farm, situated in the cool temperate zone of Southern Victoria and in a frost hollow, the ground does not freeze in Winter. We can harvest year round. When determining when to start seeds throughout the season, we divide many of our favorite vegetable, herbs and flowers into two categories - Cool Season Crops and Warm Season Crops.