What to Grow in June (Temperate Climate Australia): a list of vegetables, fruit, herbs, edible flowers and my Garden Cocktail of the Month.
What to Grow in June – Photo © The Gourmantic Garden
The official start of winter in Sydney (June 1st) has been quite a shock to the garden. After a warmish autumn with summer crops still thriving, winter hit with vengeance in my little part of the city. I’ve pulled out the last of the summer tomatoes and left them to ripen on the kitchen bench. Most of the cucamelons have come to their end after a prolific season. In previous years, I’ve overwintered cucamelon tubers. This time, I’ve cut down the plants to soil levels and left them in situ. With the BOM predicting a relatively dry season, they may not rot as they have in previous years.
Elsewhere in the garden, bok choy and tatsoi are thriving. I’ve pulled out the first of the season’s baby carrots and will soon harvest the ginger and turmeric when the leaves die down.
What to Grow in June: Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs & Edible Flowers
Baby Carrot Harvest – Photo © The Gourmantic Garden
What to Grow in June: Vegetables & Fruit
- Beetroot
- Bok choy
- Broad beans
- Broccoletti
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Chicory
- Choy Sum
- Garlic
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Kailaan
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Mizuna
- Mustard greens
- Onion (bulb)
- Onion (bunching)
- Pak choy
- Peas
- Radish
- Rocket
- Shallots
- Snow Peas
- Spinach
- Strawberries
Herbs
- Chervil
- Coriander (try slow bolt coriander)
- Dill
- Lemon balm
- Mint
- Parsley
What to Grow in June: Edible Flowers
- Calendula
- Cornflower
- Dianthus
- Marigold
- Pansies
- Viola
Garden Cocktail of the Month: June – WINTER GARDEN HOT TODDY
There’s nothing like a delicious warming cocktail in winter and June’s Garden Cocktail of the Month was inspired by a lingering head cold in TGG household. Pineapple sage is flowering at the moment so why not put it to good use. You’ll find the recipe for the pineapple sage flower honey in my 260+ page book, GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN available with instant download.
Cheers to enjoying garden cocktails in June!
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