With the cooler weather well and truly settled in, its time to be planting the winter veggies. We've got little broccoli, carrots, beans, cabbage, kale, asparagus and chive seedings now tucked in among the rocket leaves, silver beet and herbs. Our beetroot is looking luscious and will be soon ready to pull up for eating! Our sprouting trays are also active, with tiny peas, pak choy and rainbow chard seedlings poking up through the soil.
Winter is a quiet time and I've often associated it with being dormant and restful. A time of dying back and bare branches. Harvest time is over and there is a resting of the soil. Walking around our garden and watching all the growth I've realised its not necessarily so and it can be quite an abundant season. Tomorrow's the winter solstice and our little garden has been a beautiful reminder of the importance of the seasons.
For the peas we made trellises out of sticks collected from the garden.
A shack for the seedlings :)
One of our favourite things about this garden has been watering it each day and taking the time out to wander around the garden and see the changes happening. Going out to the seedlings each day is especially rewarding. I'll never get tired of watching seedlings pop up!
Summer :)
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