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You'll need some rocket seeds and some potting mix. Mark out a square in your garden bed about 30cm x 30cm, remove any weeds and water it well. Spread a layer 1cm thick of potting mix. Make sixteen equally spaced indentations (4x4) with your finger, about 1/2 cm deep. Sow two seeds in each dip. I don't cover the seeds. Water very gently - a hand … [Read more...]
Now's the time to sow your greens for winter - cabbage, broccoli, pak choi, lettuces, kale, silverbeet, spinach, rocket, mizuna, mibuna, claytonia and spring onions. If you want to read more about growing winter salad crops, Joy Larkcom is my favourite expert. Root vegetables can go in now too - sow radishes, carrots, turnips and beetroot. With … [Read more...]
