URBAN FOOD GARDEN

   

MONTHLY PLANTING AND THINGS TO DO GUIDE

   

April (Mid Autumn)

 
 What to plant in the vegetable patch
          Bulb/Crown   Seed  Seedling  Under glass  Heated under glass

 

broccoli

 

Brussels Sprouts

 

broad beans

 
  cabbage   cauliflower  

Garlic

 
  lettuce   Onion  

 

   

  What to do in the vegetable patch

Harvest - lettuces, onions, potatoes, silverbeet, Spring onions,  tomatoes, parsnip, pumpkins, radishes, spinach, turnips and  zucchinis . 

Hand water vegetables as required

Water all newly planted seedlings with liquid fertiliser

   What to do in the garden


Harvest - late apples and pears.

Rake gravel or soil paths

Trim back grass edges

Net fruit trees as they come into fruit


Pull out any summer crops that have been harvested.

Prepare empty beds for Winter crops.

Apply Derris Dust or Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel) to Brassica plants.
 

 

 

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