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Gardening Calendar: our monthly to-do list
January February March April May June July August September October November December
August
Rotations change in April

Vegie Garden

Rotation 1 –  sow broad beans, peas, plant out sugarloaf seedlings from greenhouse
Rotation 2 – slash green manure and dig in, plant pink eye potatoes
Rotation 3 – 
Rotation 4 – 


Kitchen Garden:

Rotation 1 – sow broad beans, peas, plant out sugarloaf seedlings from greenhouse
Rotation 2 – sow salad onions
Rotation 3 – 
Rotation 4 – sow broad beans, peas, plant out sugarloaf seedlings from greenhouse
Rotation 5 – sow spring onions, plant potato onions
Rotation 6 – 


Vegie Garden and Kitchen Garden:

Non-rotation beds – sow brown onions
Harvest: green sprouting broccoli, purple sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, large savoy cabbages, large red cabbages, celery, kale, leek, corn salad, lettuces & Asian greens, mustard, spinach, swede


Orchards:

- continue mulching under fruit trees and berries (berries with a mixture of manure and pine needles)
- tip prune all trees that had mildew or other infections or have excessive fruit buds
- apply manure or complete organic fertilizer to citrus trees
- prune Citrus trees if necessary


Greenhouse:

- sow green sprouting broccoli
- sow lettuce & Asian greens and end of August corn, cucumber, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and zucchini


General:
- cut grass
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