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Gardening Calendar: our monthly to-do list
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September
Rotations change in April

Vegie Garden

Rotation 1 –  sow climbing beans (end of month), green sprouting broccoli, small savoy cabbages, small red cabbages, kohlrabi, peas, plant out green sprouting broccoli from greenhouse
Rotation 2 – sow early carrots (mid month), plant pink eye potatoes
Rotation 3 – 
Rotation 4 – 


Kitchen Garden:

Rotation 1 – sow climbing beans (end of month), green sprouting broccoli, small savoy cabbages, small red cabbages, kohlrabi, peas, plant out green sprouting broccoli from greenhouse
Rotation 2 – sow onions
Rotation 3 – sow radishes, early carrots (mid month)
Rotation 4 – sow climbing beans (end of month), green sprouting broccoli, small savoy cabbages, small red cabbages, kohlrabi, peas, plant out green sprouting broccoli from greenhouse
Rotation 5 – sow spring onions
Rotation 6 – 


Vegie Garden and Kitchen Garden:

Anywhere – sow lettuce & Asian green, mustard, spinach, plant out spinach from greenhouse  
Non-rotation beds – sow leek
-control slugs and snails by squashing them at night
-feed all beds lightly with complete organic fertilizer mid September. Don’t use lime on tomato beds
Harvest: green sprouting broccoli, purple sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, large savoy cabbages, large red cabbages, Sugarloaf cabbages, overwintering carrots, cauliflower, celery, kale, leek, salad onions, spring onions, 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
- place hessian band around trunks of apple and pear trees or place codling moth traps (Pheromone) in orchard
- check for aphids, spray with pyrethrum if necessary
- feed all trees and shrubs lightly with complete organic fertilizer


Greenhouse:

- sow capsicum, celery, cucumber, eggplant, pumpkins, squash, sweetcorn, tomatoes and zucchini


General:
- cut grass
- spring prune native and ornamental plants

- repot indoor plants
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