HIGH SUMMER 2012 HARVEST

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HIGH SUMMER HARVEST

what grew November-January 2012


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Hot weather has sent carrot flowers shooting towards blue skies and purple chive flowers lend colour to a lush green garden. Tomatoes tease, slowly swelling, but too green to eat.

THE HARVEST

COMPANIONS

lettuce
silverbeet/chard
rosemary
lime balm
lemon balm
mints – peppermint, orange, spearmint, common, basil mint
nasturtiums
marjoram – golden
oregano
calendula
bay leaves
strawberries
raspberries
thyme – common, lemon
spinach
sow thistle
artichokes
amaranth
violas

OTHER

eggs

BRASSICACEAE

roquette
tatsoi

UMBELLIFERAE

carrots
parsley
coriander

AMARYLLIDACEAE (ALLIUMS)

spring onions
chives
garlic
red onion

LEGUMIONOSAE

Bean –purple climbing, rattlesnake, blue lake

INEDIBLE CUT FLOWERS

californian poppies
nigella


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