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From the garden to the table dinners

December Garden Planting Guide

                                      

POINSETTIA "Christmas Star" indigenous of Mexico
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VEGGIES = BEETS - BROCCOLI - BRUSSELS SPROUTS - CABBAGE - CARROTS- CAULIFLOWER- CELERY - COLLARDS- ENDIVE - FAVAS - KALE - LEEKS - LETTUCE MUSTARD - ONIONS - PARSLEY - PARSNIP - RADISH-RUTABAGA - SPINACH - SWISS CHARD- TURNIPS

FLOWERS = POPPIES – VIOLA - SWEET PEA - SNAPDRAGON - PANSY - PHLOX MARIGOLD - LAVENDER - LUPINE - WALLFLOWER - CARNATION - CANDY TUFT CALENDULA - FOXGLOVE - COLUMBINE - BLUEBELLS -  BLAZING STAR - BULBS (Tulip-Daffodil-Crocus-Hyacinths).

GREAT GIFT IDEA- POTTED THEME GARDENS
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October Planting Guide Southern California

CARROT PLANTING STRIPS ARE A REALLY GREAT IDEA!

BEETS- Home grown are always best when it comes to flavor. The leaves from beets are an excellent source of calcium, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, sodium and have higher iron than spinach.

BROCCOLI-  CABBAGE- COLLARDS- 
CARROTS- Seed Tape is a great way to plant carrots… easy and simple.

LETTUCE- Grows the best in the cooler weather.

FAVAS – KALE – LEEKS – PARSLEY

RADISH- Try 'Rainbow Radish' 

SPINACH- SWISS CHARD -WINTER ZUCCHINI

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FLOWERS TO PLANT IN OCTOBER
Cornflower - Butterfly Flower - Marigold - California Poppy - Candytuft - Carnation - Flax - Foxglove - Larkspur - Lupine - Nemesia - Nephophila - Pansy - Petunia - Phlox - Pincushion Flower - Poppy - Primrose - Snapdragon - Stock - Sweet Pea - Verbena - Viola - Wallflower

AUGUST PLANTING GUIDE

AUGUST PLANTING GUIDE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Beans: Bush and Pole

Beets

Carrots

Celery

Corn

Cucumber

Lima Beans

Radish

Summer Squash

Swiss Chard

Flower planting guide: 

Nasturtium

Baby's Breath- Bachelor Button- Cosmos- Flax- Foxglove- Hollyhock- Marigold- Nasturtium- Petunia- Phlox- Poppy- Primrose- Snapdragon- Stock- Sweet Pea- Wallflower

The August planting guide is a bit more sparse than other months of the year so planting carrots in several varieties can help with the Need to Seed addiction!

The Round Baby Romeo carrots look great in soups and salads. Try using the carrot planting strips for very simple planting and success. GREAT TIP: Pouring very hot to boiling water over the carrot seeds just before topping them with soil in their little trenches will help them to germinate faster.