The December Garden

Reader Contribution by Melodie Metje
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December is a time of digging in and staying warm. There is still life in the garden! In the beds and pots, kale, cabbage, salad burnet, sorrel, rosemary, oregano, garlic, onions, lettuce, leeks, chard, dill, celery, carrots, spinach are all still green in December.

Fresh herbs are just steps away from the back door.  Thyme, oregano, chives, winter savory, sorrel, sage, onions, rosemary, lavender are all still harvestable in the early December garden.  I have picked fresh herbs for Christmas dinner many years in our Zone 6 garden.

You can also grow most herbs indoors as well like chives, parsley, oregano, rosemary, parsley, chervil, and basil. Just place your potted herbs in a sunny window. If you are using a greenhouse, your kale, celery, mustard, lettuce, chard, spinach, cabbage, broccoli are still happy under cover. They will not grow much until sunlight gets back to 10 hours per day in late January.  

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