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Vegetable planting guide: what to plant in December

Despite the cold weather, there's still lots of vegetables to plant in December - Marianne Majerus
Despite the cold weather, there's still lots of vegetables to plant in December - Marianne Majerus

Patio pots and containers 

SowBroad bean 'The Sutton’.

Sunny porch, lean-to or unheated greenhouse (mini or large)

Sow: Salad leaf mixtures as cut-and-come-again: 'Mixed Spicy Salad Leaves’, 'Mustard Colour and Bite’ or 'Leaf Salad Winter Mix’.

Polytunnel

Sow: Broad bean 'Valenciana’, mangetout pea 'Bijou’ (huge pods), oriental greens mibuna and mizuna and salad rocket.

Vegetable patch - Credit: Alamy
Don't forget about your vegetable patch in winter Credit: Alamy

Outdoors in the garden or allotment

Sow: Broad bean 'Super Aquadulce’.

Plant: Cloves of autumn planting garlic 'Messidrome’, 'Provence Wight’ or 'Germidour’ and shallots 'Griselle’ or 'Yellow Moon’.

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