By GEOFF MIERS For the gardener with an orchard, vegetable patch and herb plot December can be a most productive month on the gardening calendar. A customer of mine, Kate Ross, a fortnight ago harvested peaches and apricot from the orchard, beetroot, broccoli, cucumber and tomatoes from the vegie patch along with the first of … Continue reading Garden dries up in December? Not if you’re doing it right.