Wednesday 2 May 2012

Winter Harvest


Being the second day into our last month of  a very cold, wet and windy season Melbourne has presented us with thus far, a post about ‘winter vegies’ springs to mind.
 When mentioning ‘winter vegies’ I’m not implying vegetables to be sown in the winter months, yet those vegetables that we all may have sown back in the late Summer, early Autumn. These will be the vegetables that will be readily available to us over the next three months, or those we would have had readily available to us if we had have planted them earlier this year. The winter harvest includes a wide range of varieties, just about everyone can find at least one of the chosen vegetables to enjoy over the colder months. 
The winter harvest we should all be looking out for over our colder season includes: Asian greens, avocado, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, fennel, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, Kale, leek, okra, olives, onion, parsnip, peas, potato, pumpkin, silverbeet, spinach, Swede, sweet potato, turnip. If your feeling that you may have missed out this year and will not have such a wide variety of winter vegetables to harvest from then next year ensure you get planning and planting earlier so you don’t miss out two years in a row!
                    

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