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IN THE GARDEN: JULY - OCTOBER

COOL TEMPERATE

Words by Fabian Capomolla

What to sow:

July: Beetroot, lettuce, mustard greens, onions, peas, radish.
August: Artichoke, asparagus (crowns), beetroot, cabbage (summer varieties), capsicum (undercover), chilli (undercover), eggplant, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, melon (undercover), parsnip, peas, potatoes, radish, rocket, spring onion, strawberry (runners), sunflower, thyme, tomato (undercover).
September: Artichoke, asparagus (plant cloves), basil (undercover), beans (after frost), beetroot, broccoli (summer variety), capsicum (undercover), corn (after frost), carrot, celeriac, celery, chicory, chives, chilli, coriander, cucumber (undercover), dill, eggplant (undercover), endive, fennel, horseradish (crowns), Jerusalem artichoke (plant tubers), kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, melons (undercover), mustard greens, parsnips, peas, potatoes, pumpkin, radish, rhubarb (crowns), silverbeet, spring onion, strawberry (runners), sunflower, tomato (undercover), turnip, zucchini (undercover).
October: Artichoke, asparagus (crowns), basil (undercover), beans (bush and runner), beetroot, broccoli (summer varieties), cabbage (summer varieties), capsicum, carrot, celeriac, celery, chicory, chilli, chives, coriander, corn (sweet),cucumber, dill, eggplant, endive, fennel, horseradish (crowns), Jerusalem artichoke (tubers), kohlrabi, leek, melon, mustard greens, parsley, potatoes, pumpkin, radish, rocket, silverbeet, spring onion, sunflower, tomato, turnip.

What to do:

• Make• Look at propagating your summer crops of tomatoes and chillies indoors at the end of winter.• Prune fruit trees and repurpose the offcuts as supports for your winter pea crops. Prune to increase airflow and fruit production.• Harvest the outer leaves of leafy green crops to encourage more growth. By harvesting broccoli heads, smaller florets will form as side shoots.• Cut out any galls that appear on your citrus and dispose of them in the bin, not the compost. Place yellow sticky traps in citrus trees to catch any hatched gall wasp. Remove these from the tree after as to not mistakenly be catching beneficial insects.• It’s now a great time to plant bare rooted fruit trees, asparagus and rhubarb crowns.

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