COOL & TEMPERATE
VEGIES
• If you haven’t already tried it, drop everything and start growing garlic, a slow but rewarding crop. A good rule of thumb: plant on Anzac Day, harvest around Remembrance Day. Simply stick separate cloves of organic garlic — skin on, pointy end up — in wellprepped soil 10–15cm apart.
• It’s time for some cool-season crops: leafy and salad greens such as Asian greens, brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale), mustard and rocket; fruiting veg such as broad beans, fennel, peas and snowpeas; root crops (beetroot, carrots, leeks, spring
