What Vegetables to Plant In February In South Africa's Summer Rainfall Region

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My family is so enjoying the morning glories that self-planted in the stone floor outside the kitchen.

Each morning someone comments about how beautiful they are, and what a marvel the plant is for growing in such an inhospitable area.

I think this is what adds to the joy of gardening - not the pretty/useful things that you already expect, but the unexpected flourishes that nature adds.

It's been raining very steadily the past couple of weeks, so the gardens are lush ( and of course the weeds too, LOL) and I feel in a better position to do more planting for this month.

What to plant in February

This month we're planting beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, onion, potatoes, spring onions, shallots, sunflowers, swiss chard, chives, coriander, dill, french terragon, oregano and parsely.

Looking For Seed Potatoes

sage bush outside my kitchen

It's planting time and I want to aggressively grow potatoes. The problem is that the vendors who nornally carry seeds don't carry seed potatoes and neither do the any of the local (Rustenburg-based) nurseries that I visited today. What a bummer!

I know I could source them online, but I didn't want to go that route, as it would take too long. Urgh! That is soo frustrating!

While I was at the nurseries, I also bought a small bush of rosemary. I had a rosemary around a year ago. Unfortunately, I killed it. Not sure what I did wrong. So we try again.


I also got a small sage bush to add to the two that are thriving outside my kitchen (love the flowers), some seedlings for green peppers, spring onions and another variety of tomato.

I'm going to plant these just outside my kitchen, so I can grab them when I'm cooking and need something quickly.

Oh, and if a nursery owner from Rustenburg ends up reading this post, or if you live in the general area and know where I can get seed potatoes, please email me.  Please. I would be so grateful!

Monthly Planting Plan: What To Grow In The North West Province This January

I found a vegetable and her planting plan online, developed by Organic Seeds and I like it. The plan is appropriate for Summer Rainfall areas, of which the North West province is one of them.

Most of the are vegetables that we like and I want to grow, so I'm going to follow it very closely this January. Here are some of the vegetables I'm going to grow: