Here is what we are sowing and transplanting now that our days have over 10 hours of sunlight. We rely on cold thriving quick maturing vegetables to get us through the gap between Winter and Spring “side dish” crops.
And there are many flowers which are cold hardy and thrive in the cool Spring weather. These can be sown/transplanted now to produce great early blooms.
Read More‘Piracicaba’ won our 2019 open pollinated broccoli trial with its succulent, juicy, sweet side shoots - great raw, steamed, sautéed and grilled - seemingly endless production and heat tolerance. Other growers agree- highlighting Piracicaba’s flavour, form and high yield.
Read MoreIn Southern Victoria, April begins our sowing for next spring and summer. Garlic, broad beans and cool season annual flowers!
Hardy annuals either require cold stratification or simply germinate at cooler temperatures. Often the plants require a period of vernalisation, or cold, to flower prolifically. And they also cope better with, if not enjoy, cooler temperatures.
Read MoreShirley and Breadseed poppies are two of the easiest flowers to grow – provided your timing is correct. Autumn sowings provide larger, earlier blooms on strong, prolific plants. Beloved by bees with stunning colours and tissue paper like petals, poppies fill the gap between spring bulbs and warm weather flowers.
Read MoreLarkspur 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.
Read MoreDespite leaves falling and winter’s approach, this is the beginning of our next growing season. Finished crops and summer green manures are incorporated, compost piles are built, seed is cleaned and we evaluate and nurture our soil.
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