{"id":3636,"date":"2018-07-30T23:44:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T23:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2018-07-30T23:45:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T23:45:16","slug":"what-does-winter-mean-when-you-are-thinking-of-what-to-plant-in-your-vegetable-or-herb-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0&#8220;Winter&#8221; means different things to different people &#8211;\u00a0it all depends on where you live!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Winter here for us in Hawthorn East it definitely means COLD!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>cold long stretches of &#8216;grey&#8217; cloudy days\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>an average temperature hovering around the low to mid-teens<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>occasional frosts &#8211;\u00a0 fingers crossed so far we haven&#8217;t had any this winter!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Our tips for what to grow in winter &#8211; <\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>When the soil is cold, roots take up minimal moisture and nutrients and growth slows right down.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Most seeds will not germinate until the soil warms again in spring, and young seedlings may succumb to the cold before they have a chance to start growing.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1><strong>Mid year in mostly about harvesting the traditional winter crops while waiting for the weather to warm up in spring for the sowing and planting of summer vegetables<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Many students are enjoying trying cumquat for the first time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3639\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts.jpg 828w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>\u00a0Our winter vegetables that are growing well\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Cauliflower and rocket &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_3637\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cabbage-and-rocket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3637\" class=\"wp-image-3637 \" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cabbage-and-rocket.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/strong> <strong>Cauliflower and rocket<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cumqauts.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cabbage\u00a0 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3638 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cabbage-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cabbage-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cabbage-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cabbage.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pak Choy &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pak-choy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3640 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pak-choy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter here for us in Hawthorn East it definitely means COLD! cold long stretches of &#8216;grey&#8217; cloudy days\u00a0 an average temperature hovering around the low to mid-teens occasional frosts &#8211;\u00a0 fingers crossed so far we haven&#8217;t had any this winter!\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/?p=3636\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3642,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions\/3642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}