Spring is without a doubt one of the most exciting times to be a gardener. Fresh new foliage, flowers in full bloom, and lots of edible plants to sow and grow.
Growing your own food - whether in a backyard veggie patch, a few pots on your patio, or in your local community garden - is great for the planet, your health and wellbeing, and will save you money too. Plus there is nothing like raiding your veggie patch to make your dinner! So what can you start planting now?
Once the frost is gone from your area, you can plant almost anything in spring - particularly herbs, beans, peas, root vegetables, greens, tomatoes, capsicum and eggplants.
What Edible Plants to Plant in Spring
For those of you in the cool climate zones (Zone 1 in the map above), wait until the risk of frost has passed in your area before planting:
- Herbs such as coriander, mint, basil, chives, thyme, parsley, rosemary, oregano
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Coriander
- Kale
- Kohl rabi
- Leek
- Lettuce
- Peas
- Radish
- Silverbeet
- Spring onion
- Squash
- Herbs such as coriander, mint, basil, chives, thyme, parsley, rosemary, oregano
- Beans
- Carrots - why not try purple carrots
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Kale
- Kohl rabi
- leek
- Lettuce
- Marigold
- Nasturtiums
- Peas
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Silverbeet
- Squash
- Tomatoes
- Zucchini
- Beans
- Beetroot
- Capsicum
- Carrot
- Cauliflowers
- Chilli
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Herbs such as coriander, mint, basil, chives, thyme, parsley, rosemary, oregano
- Kale
- Kohl rabi
- Leek
- Lettuce
- Marigold
- Nasturtiums
- Peas
- Radish
- Silverbeet
- Squash
- Sunflower
- Tomatoes
- Watermelon
- Beetroot
- Corn
- Herbs such as coriander, mint, basil, chives, thyme, parsley, rosemary, oregano
- Lettuce
- Nasturtiums
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Silverbeet
- Zucchini
Biome stocks two ranges of seeds from:
Collect & Store Seeds for Next Season
As these are heirloom, open pollinated seed varieties, you can keep the seed that these plants produce to use for next season. Once you collect the seeds, spread them out on a newspaper and let them air-dry for about a week. Pack the air-dried seeds in seed envelopes and label with the seed type, date collected, and any other special notes. Keep the seed envelopes in a mason jar or glass container with a tight fitting lid, in a cool, dry place. Humidity and warmth will shorten a seeds life.Tools to Get the Job Done
Paper Pot Maker
This simple kit allows gardeners to make a limitless supply of sturdy but biodegradable pots for seeds, seedlings and young plants. By using old newspaper to grow your seedlings instead of plastic, you are recycling something biodegradable and creating less demand for disposable plastic products. Shop the paper pot maker here >
