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

Vegie Garden

Rotation 1 –  sow broad beans
Rotation 2 – 
Rotation 3 – 
Rotation 4 – 


Kitchen Garden:

Rotation 1 – sow broad beans
Rotation 2 – sow salad onions
Rotation 3 – 
Rotation 4 – sow broad beans
Rotation 5 – plant potato onions
Rotation 6 – 


Vegie Garden and Kitchen Garden:

- Check brassica for cabbage white butterflies, spray with Dipel if necessary.
- Plant asparagus and rhubarb

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


Orchards:

- pick Granny Smith, Lady Williams, Rome Beauty, Sturmer, Crab apple
-Mulch under fruit trees and berries (berries with a mixture of manure and pine needles)
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plant new fruit trees and berries
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clean up around old strawberry plants
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if needed, apply dolomite limestone to stonefruit to bring pH of soil to around 6.8 and to add magnesium


General:
- prune natives after flowering
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