Now back at work for the first three days before the new year, it almost seems like the four days I’ve had off because of Christmas hasn’t happened! Around all my usual day to day stuff that I do, it seems like an ideal time to open up my seed storage tin and see what I have in there, so that I can use whatever seeds I have for the basis of my gardening plan for the next year (2024). I must warn you that I have a fair few packets of seeds, broken down into flowers or veg and the time of year in which to sow them, according to the seed packet.

Flowers autumn-spring

• Billy Buttons
• Helichrysum ‘Salmon Rose’
• Echinacea ‘Purple’
• Shirley poppy mix
• Helichrysum ‘Pink’
• Helichrysum ‘Silvery Rose’
• Bergamot ‘Panorama’
• Sturts Desert Pea
• Sweet Alyssum ‘Carpet of Snow’
• False Queen Anne’s Lace
• Everlasting Daisy
• Blue Lace Flower
• Blue borage
• Cornflower ‘Classic Fantastic’
• Cornflower ‘Black Ball’
• Love-in-a-mist ‘Persian Jewels’
• Birds Eye’s
• Corn cockle ‘Ocean Pearl’
• Love-in-a-mist ‘Blue’
• Poppy ‘Lady Bird’
• Poppy ‘Flanders Field’

Flowers-spring OR autumn

• Sweet pea ‘My Navy,
• Sweet pea ‘Flora Norton’
• Sweet pea ‘America’

Flowers-spring or all year

• Cat grass-all year
• Salvia ‘Blue Monday’

Flowers spring to summer/summer

• Cosmos ‘Rubenza’
• Cosmos ‘White’
• Sunflower ‘Evening Sun’

Most flower seeds that I have can be sown from autumn to spring, which will give a nice rainbow of colour once they start flowering. Now for the vegetables.

Veg-spring

• Pumpkin ‘Queenslander Blue’
• Strawberry ‘Bush Alpine’
• Parsley Parsnip
• Tomato ‘Green Zebra’
• Eggplant ‘Heirloom Mix’
• Pumpkin ‘Potimamon’
• Pumpkin ‘Waltham Butternut’
• Tomato ‘Legend’
• Dill ‘Bouquet’
• Tomato ‘Tommy Toe’
• Tomato ‘Uncle Toby’s La Stupenda’
• Chilli ‘Joe’s Long Cayenne’
• Capsicum ‘Sweet Chocolate’
• Capsicum ‘Sweet Mini Mix’
• Pumpkin ‘Jack Be Little’
• Tomato ‘San Marzano’
• Cucumber ‘Double Yield’
• Cucumber ‘Mini White’
• Cucumber ‘Lemon’
• Capsicum ‘California Wonder’
• Tomato ‘Tigerella’
• Corn ‘Golden Bantam’

Veg-spring to summer or autumn

• Bean ‘Baby Sun’ (summer)
• Silverbeet ‘Red Ruby’ (autumn)
• Bean ‘Painted Lady’ (summer)
• Carrot ‘Heirloom Mix’ (summer)
• Silverbeat ‘Five Colour Mix’ (summer)
• Carrot ‘Purple Dragon’ (autumn)
• Beetroot ‘Mini Gormet’ (summer)
• Bean ‘Lazy Housewife’ (summer)
• Sweet basil (summer)
• Carrot ‘St Valery’ (autumn)
• Zucchini ‘Tri-coloured Mix’ (summer)
• Zucchini ‘Golden’ (summer)
• Beetroot ‘Heirloom Mix’ (summer)
• Beetroot ‘Bulls Blood’ (summer)
• Bean ‘Speckled Cranberry’ (summer)
• Brussels sprout ‘Long Island’ (autumn)

Veg-autumn/autumn to spring

• Lettuce ‘Heirloom Mix’ (to spring)
• Broad bean ‘Crimson Flowered’ (autumn)
• Broccoli ‘Green Sprouting’ (to spring)
• Onion ‘Bartletta’ (to spring)
• Pea ‘Green Feast’ (to spring)
• Onion ‘Red Marksman’ (to spring)
• Continental parsley (to spring)
• Coriander (to spring)
• Kale ‘Tuscan Cavolo’ (to spring)
• Pea ‘Sugar Snap’ dwarf (to spring)
• Onion ‘Cream Gold’ (to spring)
• Onion ‘Australian Brown’ (to spring)
• Broccoli ‘Waltham’ (to spring)
• Cauliflower Mini (to spring)
• Broad bean ‘Aquadulce’ (to spring)
• Celary ‘Dorata D’Asti (to spring)
• Cabbage ‘Mini Wombok’ (autumn)

Veg-all seasons

• Cabbage ‘Red drumhead’
• Spring onion ‘Evergreen Trident’
• Silverbeet ‘Fordhook’
• Lettuce ‘Great Lakes’
• Spinach ‘Perpetual’

I would like to grow some potatoes too, but I’m unsure of what sort yet. The next thing I have to do is develop a grand plan!