What to plant - JANUARY - Australian Temperate Climate

Keeping with my post yesterday about our ‘backyard farm’, I thought that I would help you to create your own! Are you with me….?

 All it takes is a little planning – What do you like to eat? What do you would like to grow? What do you have room to grow (do you have a garden bed or a patch of dirt, or do you have no ‘garden’ as it were, but could plant in pots and hanging baskets)? What do you have time to look after as it grows? Ask yourself these questions; remember google is great for finding out how big plants grow, or what care they will need. I couldn’t possibly put them all down. Or go to your local plant nursery and ask there!

 I have a planting diary on this blog of what we plant here at Four Chooks Farm each month. But those things are not the only things you can plant. There is an abundance of seeds and seedlings that can be planted each month, to ensure that year round you have something to harvest from your garden.

Each month I will do a post on what to plant that month for South Australia’s climate – Adelaide in particular. Our weather can vary drastically from one end of the state to the other.

So here we go….

Vegetable seedlings to plant:

Brussels Sprouts

Cauliflowers

Endive

French Beans

Kale

Leeks

Sprouting Broccoli

Zucchini

Vegetable seeds to sow directly into the garden:

Beetroot

Carrots

Florence Fennel

French Beans

Kale

Parsley

Radishes

Sprouting Broccoli

Sweetcorn

Swiss Chard/Spinach Beet

Turnips

Zucchini

Salad seeds to sow directly into the garden:

Chicory

Endive

Lettuces

Radishes

Rocket

Spring Onions

Let me know how you go…….What did you plant this month?