Autumn is the time for planting winter crops, garlic, beans and onions. The idea is to get these crops established and growing before the hard cold of winter arrives. The plants withstand cold and provide a late spring early summer harvest. With recent heavy rain it is better to start these crops indoors and move …Read More about Winter planting
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Winter harvest
The first part of each year is the lean time in the garden unless you have over wintering crops. Broad bean, onions and garlic make up the bulk of this garden’s winter crops, along with salads, chard and spinach in containers. Over winter crop are the lazy gardeners favourite as they requires a lot less …Read More about Winter harvest
December: Winter salad
With a few tricks winter salad can be planted throughout the winter months. In general, it should be planted late summer or early autumn but as winter in Belgium often starts with a hard frost and extreme cold, this can be difficult. Once this initial frost has passed the damp cold days work fine for …Read More about December: Winter salad
November: Winter planting
Autumn is the time for planting broad beans, garlic and onions for harvesting in the spring and early summer next year. Planting between mid October and mid December means empty beds and pots are used during the winter months with the crops harvested just when the space is needed next year for summer crops. It …Read More about November: Winter planting
Winter raised bed
With summer crops finished and the raised bed cleared and fed with compost, it is time to organise the winter planting. In this garden rows of onions, garlic and broad beans fill the raised bed over winter for harvesting in late spring. Other crops have been tried but with the damp conditions in the garden …Read More about Winter raised bed
Garlic and onions – “must have” crop
The new “must-have” crop for the small kitchen garden. Grown in pots or in soil, garlic and onions are started before summer crops and removed just when summer crops need extra space. While autumn planted is best, there is no reason not to rush in some cloves of garlic now and start the onions indoors …Read More about Garlic and onions – “must have” crop