🌻September in the Vegie Patch, Fruit Tree To-do's, Weed Smarter + Prune Tamarillos 🌻
Spring is sprung, friends! The days and nights are warming, and sure as eggs - a few beats behind, the soil will start to warm too.
In all the excitement, its easy to rush headlong into summer crops. Stay steady! Save your pennies and bide your time - crops wont thrive if soil is too cold for them. Align all your crop choices with their preferred soil warmth, for the win!
This month I kick off a new series - Weed Smarter, Not Harder. Weeds are our allies (mostly 😉). Working with them is way more fun, and brings better results by far. I wonder where your weeds sit on my weedy-scale? Till next month,
Yours in the earth,
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September in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse
There’s so much cool stuff to do in the garden right now, so much prettiness, you want to be out there every spare moment.
Kath Irvine
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September Fruit Tree To-Do List
The most important (and most joyous) thing you can do to care for your fruit trees better, is to be there to witness the journey from leafless to full canopy, and from bud to fruit.
Kath Irvine
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Weed smarter, not harder #1
Though we curse and lament them - damn weeds!, it’s our gardening habits that keep them coming back. Like a record with a scratch, we’re stuck in a weedy rut - there is another way!
Kath Irvine
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How to Prune Tamarillos
I’m a fan of a sturdy Tam, with a low centre of gravity. Without pruning they are floppy, breaky trees, and the fruits get further away from the trunk, becoming ever smaller each year.
Kath Irvine