Month by Month

A collection of 26 posts

Month by Month

June in the vegie patch + greenhouse

I love winter! And I'm not the only one - garlic, onions, all the brassica's, chard, endive, parsley and all manner of leafy greens love it too.

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June fruit tree to do list

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May In The Vegie Patch + Greenhouse

Harvest kumara, warm-up worm farms, prep asparagus for winter, plan new plantings, and lets not forget the heart of the operation – tis the perfect season for compost making.

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May Fruit Tree to do list

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April in the veggie patch

Out with the old unproductive plants, and in with the new – now! today! to make the most of the last of the warm days. Start with a whip around, chopping-and-dropping, or chopping-and-compost making, to create space.

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April Fruit Tree To Do List

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March In The Vegie Patch + Greenhouse

As the mornings and nights start to cool off, the soil temperature soon follows. As soil cools, microbes, worms and plant growth slows. Grab the planting window! Focus on planting autumn and winter crops while a little warmth lingers to keep the flow of good food coming into your kitchen.

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March Fruit Tree To-Do List

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February in the Vegie Patch and Greenhouse

Its time to turn your attention to planting Autumn and Winter crops. Before planting, check in first with your soil. Use your best soil for heavy feeders like brassicas or leeks.

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February Fruit Tree To-Do List

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January in the Vegie Patch and Greenhouse

Keep planting! In a little and often way to keep the food rolling in.

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January Fruit Tree To-Do List

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December in the Vegie Patch

If there's one thing on your mind as you head into summer - let it be soil care. When the soil is well the crops are well. Here are your 3 soil health essentials: * Keep your soil covered in plants at all times. * Plant new crops amongst greencrops, or

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December Fruit Tree To-Do List

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November in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse

The most important mission this month is planting out long term crops like kumara, yams, pumpkins and peppers - drop everything else and get them in the ground! Yams need about 6 months to fatten up, kumara and sweet peppers need 4 - 5 warm months and pumpkins 4 - 6 months (variety

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November Fruit Tree To-Do List

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October in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse

The October vegie patch is pretty dam exciting with seedling raising in full swing and crops boosting away in the warming soil and air. Do your best to keep your head and don't rush into planting summer loving crops on the first fine day! Its hard, I know,

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October Fruit Tree To-Do List

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September in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse

Septembers plate is refreshingly green: saladings, celery, parsley, leeks, cress, silverbeet, kale, nettle, broccoli shoots for Africa, the last of the cabbage and - joy oh joy the first of the peas and asparagus. There's so much cool stuff to do in the garden right now, so much prettiness,

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September Fruit Tree To-Do List

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August in the Vegie Patch + Greenhouse

The trick to a healthy, productive vegie patch is to keep momentum up - little and often is the way, even when its cold out! Get out there at least once a week to * remove spent crops. Chop them off at ground level then crunch or chop them up for compost

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August Fruit Tree To-Do List

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July in the Vegie Patch + Chooks in the Greenhouse

Even when its cold and frosty there's plenty of food to be had from the garden. Here's a quick round up of what we're harvesting to inspire you to a four seasons vegie patch. Leafy greens abound - chard, spinach, parsley, kale, chickweed, cress, miners

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July's Fruit Tree To-Do List

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What to Plant in Your Vegie Patch in Winter

A journalist once asked me "Whats the best time of year to plant a garden?, and I said "Anytime!" There is not one food growing season, there are four!" As long as your garden isn't under snow - you can continue to plant and sow