As the summer draws near in the Southern Hemisphere, now is the time to set up a vegetable garden or if you’ve already done so, start planting the following range of vegetables so the abundance of summer crops can be yours to enjoy. It’s now time to plant asparagus, beans, beetroot, asian greens, capsicums, carrots, celery, chives, choko, cucumber, all herbs (seeds and cuttings), leeks, lettuce, parsnips, peas, potatoes (last crop), pumpkins, radish, rhubarb, rockmelons, watermelons, silverbeet, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and grey, yellow and green zucchinis.
Planting your own food keeps you in touch with natural cycles, and if grown organically, keeps you healthier and less reliant upon food grown by industrial means.