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Take the challenge2016 is the year of homegrown food. Here at 1 Million Women, we're learning to flex our green thumbs.
We've been talking a lot lately about native ingredients, seasonal produce, foraging foods, and nurturing more of a connection with the food we eat. Eating local and in season means you cut down on food miles (the associated CO2 with transporting produce), you're supporting local growers and you'll be more in tune with the natural ebb and flow of our food.
If you'd like to give growing some of your own food a go then this is what you should be planting in February.
The following list is from Gardenate based on an Australian temperate climate. If you live in a different climate zone click here to adjust the results.
| Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) | Plant in garden. |
| Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) | Plant in garden. |
| Beetroot (also Beets) | Plant in garden. |
| Broccoli | Start undercover in seed trays and plant out in 4-6 weeks. |
| Brussels sprouts | Start undercover in seed trays and plant out in 4-6 weeks. |
| Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) | Plant in garden. |
| Carrot | Plant in garden. |
| Cauliflower | Start undercover in seed trays and plant out in 4-6 weeks. |
| Chives (also Garden chives) | Plant in garden. |
| Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) | Start undercover in seed trays and plant out in 4-6 weeks. |
| Cucumber | Plant in garden. |
| Endive | Plant in garden. |
| Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) | Plant in garden. |
| Kohlrabi | Plant in garden. |
| Leeks | Start undercover in seed trays and plant out in 4-6 weeks. |
| Lettuce | Plant in garden. |
| Mustard greens (also gai choy) | Plant in garden. |
| Onion | Start undercover in seed trays and plant out in 4-6 weeks. |
| Oregano (also Pot Marjoram) | Plant in garden. |
| Parsley (also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley) | Plant in garden. |
| Radish | Plant in garden. |
| Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) | Plant in garden. |
| Rutabaga (also Swedes) | Plant in garden. |
| Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) | Plant in garden. |
| Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) | Plant in garden. |
| Turnip | Plant in garden. |
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