Re: Winter gardens anyone?
Ladyfish,<br />Your Min temp over winter is similar to ours.<br />Not sure of the root crops. <br />If it is very wet,just make sure your soil is free draining. <br />Not knowing your situation, easiest way to have free draining is to mound your rows, as in make them high row. <br />Quite easy to do with the shovel. Just like building a mound, but in a long line.<br />My 10yr old even grows beans at that time of the year.<br />You should be able to get away with tomatos too, both large and cherry.<br />here is a little secret re tomatoes. When you find an exceptionally nice tomato, take out the seed, spread it on a handy towel, put in kitchen window to dry in sun, and hey presto, you have a seed source. <br />If you can't remove seeds from handy towel, no worries, plant the lot in a small tray (with holes), keep moist, then ***** out the seedlings when 1st set of leaves developed, and plant out.<br />Remenber to keep some seed for 2nd crop. Plant them when 1st crop is fruiting. taht way you have a constant supply. if you get caught with excess, sauce, relish and chutney's are a great way to go. We have a cupboard full of it.<br />If you have a lot of rain, that is what brings on the fungus Black Spot to Basil. <br />Hence keep it covered. Black Spot is easily identified. You get black spots on the leaves which spread quickly, and the plant Karks it.<br />Let me know if you want any other help.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip
