DECEMBER
• There’s nothing like making a summer salad with leaves grown in the garden. Plant lettuce, mesclun, parsley, rocket, basil, silverbeet and spinach in stages so you’ve always got some ready to go.• Now is also a good time to plant chilli, capsicum, courgette, cucumber, eggplant, pumpkin, squash, radish, spring onions and sweetcorn.• Fruit to plant include blueberry, strawberry, passion fruit, grapes, kiwifruit and tamarillos.• If you had planted potatoes for Christmas continue mounding soil as shoots grow until they are approximately 30cm tall. This protects them from wind and frost and prevents light reaching tubers and turning them green.• Water is essential during the warmer months, especially for tomatoes. Well nourished tomatoes will have a better chance at keeping insect pests and diseases at bay.• Remember to trim…