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Tips for your Winter vegetable garden

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Growing and transporting vegetables hundreds of kilometres from where they are consumed

  • wastes valuable resources
  • reduces the freshness of the produce

There are delicious vegetables that can be grown in the vegetable garden in the winter months when it is not so dry and when there are many fewer pests to contend with.

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Defender™ Pyrethrum

How to protect vegetables from pests

Use Defender™ Pyrethrum Insect Spray. It's a low toxicity spray that is safe to use on vegetables and herbs.

What to try in your Winter vegie patch

Lettuce

Grow loose leaf varieties and use the leaves as needed

Spinach

Use in both green salads and as a cooked vegie. Goes great with feta.

Onions

Select a suitable variety for your area. Choose traditional brown, Red Spanish or fast growing spring onions.

Peas

Peas grow easily and draw nitrogen from the atmosphere.

Asparagus

Plant crowns in winter for a spring crop. Asparagus is one of the few perennial vegetables.

How to get the best from your Winter plantings

Osmocote® soils are the perfect soil assistants for growing fresh healthy vegetables.

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