Is December too late to plant?
December is a good time to plant, as it means you can get ahead before spring. Sowing vegetables and flowers early can result in earlier harvests – winter-sown broad beans are ready to harvest from May, while hardy annual flowers sown in December can flower several weeks sooner than those sown in spring. Quick-growing vegetables perfect for cool spring and fall growing conditions include leafy greens, carrots, beets, radishes, and peas. Started from seed, many are ready for harvest in just four to six weeks.Many cool season vegetables grow throughout the warm summer weather, but they can tolerate colder temperatures and many can be planted as soon as the ground isn’t frozen (mid-march to early april). Cool season vegetables can also be grown as it cools down in the fall from september to early november.Sow hardy winter vegetables such as sprouting broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, winter cabbage and leeks in late spring or early summer as they take several months to reach maturity. They stand well through frosty weather and can be harvested throughout the winter months.
Is 20 plants a week enough?
While gut health is not as black and white as focusing on a single number, aiming to exceed 30 plant points a week can be a great motivation to diversify your diet with many research-backed benefits to our health. By including 30 different plant-based foods in your meals and snacks each week, we’re covering more bases when it comes to the broad spectrum of nutrients we need to keep our bodies, particularly our guts, healthy.