Kate’s Tip of the month:
Sow Broad Beans now to enjoy them in spring! New garden beds can be prepared by layering with manure / blood and bone /mushroom compost, cardboard and mulch.
Permaculture Tasmania Seed saving workshop with Kate
Sow these seeds in June:
Sow these seeds in the garden
Broadbeans ‘Coles Dwarf’, ‘Crimson Flowering’ and ‘Aquadulce’
Onions ‘Red Sheffield’, ‘Creamgold’ and ‘Domenica Sweet’
Plant out garlic cloves
Sow these seeds in trays to transplant:
Artichoke ‘Purple Globe’
Broccoli Raab
Broccoli ‘Purple Sprouting’ and ‘De Cicco’
Brussels Sprouts ‘Diablo’ F1
Cabbages ‘Munchkin’ F1 and ‘Red Express’
Carrots ‘Merida’, ‘Amsterdam Forcing’ and ‘Scarlet Nantes’
Cauliflower ‘All Year Round’
Chives
Collards ‘Champion’
Coriander
Endive ‘Rhodes’
Kai-Lan ‘Chinese Kale’
Kale ‘Toscano / Cavolo Nero’ and ‘Dwarf Blue Curled’
Kohl Rabi ‘Kolibri’ F1, ‘Superschmelz’
Komatsuna, green
Lettuces ‘Flashy Trout Back’, ‘Winter Density’, & ‘Rouge d’Hiver’
Mibuna
Mizuna ‘Purple’
Pak-Choi ‘White Stem Cantong’, ‘Red Choi’ F1
Peas ‘Sugarsnap’ and Snow peas ‘Oregon Sugar Pod’ (only in the hothouse or in a frost-free location)
Radicchio ‘Rossa di Treviso’
Radish ‘Easter Egg’, ‘Nero Tondo’ ‘Watermelon’
Radish Oiental ‘Daikon’
Rocket, ‘Heirloom’
Scorzonera
Shallots ‘Roderique’
Spinach ‘Tyee’ F1, ‘Steadfast’ & ‘Bloomsdale Longstanding’
Spring Onions ‘Bunching’
Turnip ‘Purple Top White Globe’
Kate’s Tip of the month:
Sow Broad Beans now to enjoy them in spring! New garden beds can be prepared by layering with manure / blood and bone /mushroom compost, cardboard and mulch!
You can buy these seeds from my market stall at The Cygnet Market.
If you need any further advice, please ask. My father (and grandfather) ran a successful nursery for many years in Adelaide and I have grown up amongst trees, plants and seeds. I want people to be able to grow their own food.
If you would like to purchase Cottage Garden seeds or Native seeds, you can order these from us at Cygnet Market.
All of my products are also available most days from 1pm at The Garden Shed and Pantry, Cygnet
