Fruit trees are peaking! I hope the grass and herbal ley are thigh high and you’re revelling in surround sound fruit – late plums, pears, apples and oh so peachy. A sight for sore eyes! As stone fruit are harvested, summer prune them. They’re best pruned now, rather than winter because silver-leaf spores aren’t on […]
January In The Vegie Patch + Autumn Crops A Go
By | LastUpdated January 1, 2025
January is all about extending our summer crops so as to create a lovely continuity. Successional planting is the proper name. I call it “little and often”, and it’s the key to never going hungry because it keeps your garden in steady production. And though most of us are only just starting to eat tomatoes, […]
January Fruit Tree To Do List
By | LastUpdated January 1, 2025
One of the most important tasks this month, is to check in on newly planted fruit trees. Check the soil beneath the mulch, and if its dry give it a lovely slow watering. Slow is best so the water soaks in, rather than running off. Then top up the mulch if its thinning out. Simply […]
December In The Vegie Patch
By | LastUpdated December 1, 2024
A December planted zucchini, cucumber + a few tomatoes are awesome when late summer rolls around. Keep the harvests flowing in, in a regular way with regular, little plantings and sowings this month. If it’s hot at yours, shade comes to the rescue. I plant all my summer seedlings out under a simple bivvy , […]
