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June in the Kitchen Garden
There is always a powerful psychological factor when it comes to new beginnnings. As humans, we love the idea of ‘turning over a new leaf” and starting afresh don’t we? I think every day is a chance to start afresh and do my best to create a better outcome each day but for many of us, we love the idea of a whole New Year stretching out into the future 12 months.
May in the Kitchen Garden
Professional Countrwoman Garden at Bellbird Hill Otago New Zealand. Entrance Gate. Autumn Garden
The passing of a special Professional Countrywoman
Janette Kemp RIP to an extraordinary Professional Countrywoman.
April at a Glance
Sow:
Broad Beans, onions (in trays or outdoors if warm). Brassica seeds sown now will take 4 months to mature. Lettuce. broccoli, cabbage, carrots, Chinese cabbage, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsley, shallots, spinach.
Plant:
Cabbage, broccoli, cauli, kale, lettuce, parsley, silverbeet or spinach, strawberries, soft fruits such as currants, raspberries etc, fruit trees
Cultivate:
Mound up soil around leeks. Keep well-watered along with celery. Weed around asparagus. Protect heads of cauli from the weather by covering with big leaves. Keep weeding and hoeing between plants to keep weeds down.
Harvest:
Beans, courgettes, sweetcorn, pumpkins, main crop potatoes, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, spinach and silverbeet, herbs
Prepare:
Dig beds where crops have finished, add compost to trenches, Sow green crops, make compost and mulch bare ground in preparation for winter weather and preparing beds for spring