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    THINGS TO DO IN SEPTEMBER

    Aug 03, 2022 3 minutes

    COOL & TEMPERATE

    VEGIES

    • The air may be warmer but the ground can still be cool. Hold off on mulching so new plantings get the most from the early spring sun.

    • It’s time to think about putting in some artichokes (globe and Jerusalem), cabbage, capsicum, chilli, cucumber, kale, kohlrabi, onions, lettuce, garlic and herbs.

    • Where it’s still cold and frost is likely, hold off on warm-season crops like tomato. Instead sow broad beans, broccoli, spinach, swedes and rocket.

    • As new shoots appear, so do weed seedlings. Regular hoeing is

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