December is a great month to finish tidying, tackle repairs to structures, winter dig and generally plan and look forward to the coming growing season!
- Get on with winter digging (avoid if the ground is frozen or waterlogged)
- Spread well-rotted manure on areas that need a bit of a boost (avoid planting roots in these areas)
- Harvest Brussels sprouts from the bottom up
- Harvest parsnips after a hard frost, they’ll be sweeter for it
- Plant garlic if you can work the soil, otherwise use small pots and plant out once rooted
- Drool at seed catalogues and plan your veg planting for next year
outofmyshed
/ December 19, 2012Hi Karen, Very envious of your Brussel Sprouts. Ours got attacked by cabbage butterfly caterpillars (looked line a scene from a horror movie!) and are a very sorry affair indeed. Oh well, there’s always next year! Off to peruse the seed catalogues….
beeseeker
/ December 19, 2012Just at the drooling stage here – too wet to dig!
Merry Christmas!
Karen
/ December 20, 2012Same here, tipped it down last night! Merry Christmas to you too!
Karen
/ December 20, 2012Sprouts are very much a disaster this year, thanks to pigeons and caterpillars. I had one good year with them, the photo in this post reminds me never to give up. Merry Christmas.