What Veggies to plant for Arid Climates
December

What to plant in your vegetable patch in Australian Arid Climates (Southern Hemisphere)

Here is a list of things to plant in December in the Arid climate:

Amaranth
Artichokes (Globe)
Basil❀
Borage
Brussels sprouts
Chives
Oregano
Shallots
Silverbeet
Spinach
Spring onions
Rhubarb
Sunflower
Sweet corn
Asparagus Pea
Beans
Capsicum
Chilli
Choko
Cucumber
Eggplant
Okra

Pumpkin
Rockmelon
Rosella
Squash
Tomato ❀
Watermelon
Zucchini ❀
Beetroot
Carrot
Daikon
Potato
Radish
Sweet Potato

These lists are to be used as a general guide, check your seed packs before planting.
❆ Frost Free Areas Only ❀ Seedlings Only ★Seeds only, protect from elements

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Compost pumpkin is happy, however if it doesn’t

Compost pumpkin is happy, however if it doesn’t pay its rent (in pumpkins) soon it will be evicted

I have mixed feelings about clearing space for new

I have mixed feelings about clearing space for new crops. On one side it feels sooo bare but on the other side I am excited about Autumn 🍂 I harvested the rest of the sweet corn from the far bed and chopped/dropped/topped it up ready for sugarsnaps, spring onions, radish, lettuce and Pak choi 🥬 I might try and sneak in a cucumber 🤫 I left the yarrow and Brazilian spinach. What are you planting at the moment?

It’s been a while since I’ve done a view from

It’s been a while since I’ve done a view from the sandpit photo (not sure why I feel like I live here these days). I used to call this my deadzone, it was a wind tunnel and the trees in the neighbouring park took everything out of it and nothing thrived. I put pigeon pea barriers on either side and it’s done so well since. And now we get beautiful king parrots who come for the peas. I honestly nearly gave up and turned this area into grass but so glad I persevered. I am loving the jungle view the kids get from their bedrooms (FYI its 3metres from fence to the eaves of our house). We’ve been harvesting passionfruit, pawpaw, Madagascar climbing beans and blue butterfly peas from here. Fingers crossed the bananas do something soon 🤞🤞🤞🍌

I am still trying to find the best location in our

I am still trying to find the best location in our garden for strawberries. We’ve got them spread around the garden - in the aquaponics, wicking beds and in our vertical garden. The ones we had in the ground did really well over winter and then cooked in summer (probably my fault for not watering them enough). These ones under shade in the aquaponics are doing well but fruit is on the low/small side. Have you found the best spot for strawberries? 🍓

Supervised outings 🐓 lucky it’s end of season

Supervised outings 🐓 lucky it’s end of season crops they’re digging out. Do you let your chickens bug hunt in your patch?

How good are worm castings! This was once cardboar

How good are worm castings! This was once cardboard and food scraps. I never knew what good castings looked like until I got rid of my old stacking system worm farm that produced a leachate full gluggy mess. I am slowly migrating worms to fresh bedding so I can harvest the rest of this ready for autumn crops. I am pretty excited 🪱 🪱 🪱

This front bed I am doing some poo 💩 experiment

This front bed I am doing some poo 💩 experiments with tomatoes. So far in terms of growth my preferred poo seems to be out performing others (hint. 🐄) but we’ll see how we go in terms of yield and taste. I’ll also pop in some lettuce and radish to see how leafy greens and root veggies perform.

Paths are clear, plants still want to behead me. T

Paths are clear, plants still want to behead me. This is our front lawn. We’ve got jicama, sweet potatoes and butternuts here. Plus chillis and strawberries and Swiss chard in the wicking bed. The rosellas are amongst the cosmos so hoping they take off soon as we need jam!

🌞 End of summer 🌞We’ve had a terrible run

🌞 End of summer 🌞We’ve had a terrible run with corn and cucumbers this year (but we may get some corn from a second run up the back). The eggplant and cherry Romas on the other hand. I counted 41 eggplants we harvested from November - probably another 6 waiting to be harvested, from 2 plants. A good year for capsicums but as always, I wish I planted more. What’s been your biggest success this summer?

Starting the process of migrating worms so I can h

Starting the process of migrating worms so I can harvest this goodness out of our worm-tub (our old bathtub). I got rid of all my other setups in favour of this as it looks after itself and the worms are so happy. Crazy to think that black magic on the right was once newspaper, cardboard and food scraps.