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Garden Tidings Winter - a time to grow the vitamins we need If we eat seasonal local produce, not only are we reducing our food miles and ecological footprint, nature in her wisdom provides us with the nutrients we need in each season to maintain optimum health.
Toni Phillips the Asian brassicas: Bok Choy, Choy Sum, Mibuna, Mizuna, Pak Choi, Tat Soi, etc. These are tastier (I think) and more versatile than the European brassicas, producing far more food over time and space, because you can continu-
Above: Winter allows fruit-trees to recover and replenish for the next year’s season
Winter is the time that leafy greens grow the easiest, so now you can still plant endive, lettuces (Cos has the highest food value), spinach, silver beet, parsley, rocket, and raddichio. You can also plant seedlings of European brassicas (cabbages, Brussels Sprouts, cauliflower) but can still grow from seed (or seedling) all
ally harvest them like non-heading lettuce. Make sure Broad Beans, Snow, Snap and Climbing Peas, onions, leeks, garlic, and root vegetables such as potatoes, radish, etc are planted as soon as possible for good harvests. Plants for animals and humans - Yarrow Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a wonderful
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