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Normally September in the garden brings lovely spring rains and cool nights and warm days, it doesn't normally bring an 8`C above average temperature and severe storm warnings in the first week. So this month we need to approach the garden a little differently. We need to prepare our garden to survive the weather ahead. and We still just enough cool weather opportunities to do this in before its too hot to get out in the yard. Jobs to do It seems like garden prep for summer n

August always feels like the moment the garden takes a deep breath and wakes up. The soil warms under lengthening days, the air shifts, and suddenly everything wants to grow at once. It’s the month where winter’s slow recovery gives way to spring’s early excitement—when you walk outside in the morning and feel that unmistakable sense of possibility. And it’s true. Seeds leap out of the ground. Vines stretch. Tomatoes start plotting their not so innocent takeover and fruit tre

Cool weather and days starting to lengthen, but those westerly wind will be starting soon. Best month to get big jobs finished and set up for spring. Bonus is the movement warms the body up, so you dont feel as chilled to the bone. So what do we have on the to do list for July... Garden jobs for July Complete heavy construction jobs, like paving, pergolas, raised beds, Chicken coops and fencing Finalise tree planting, garden beds and selecting companion plants Prune deciduou

June, the start official start of Winter in the garden, though this year it may be relatively mild as we head into to a super El Nino and also a neutral to negative Indian dipole. Both keeping our average temps on the warmer side, and both bringing less frequent rains, not that it seems like it this week. Also time for the shortest day of the year on the 21st June, the Winter Solstice, giving us an approximant 10hrs and 26 mins of day light and UV of 3.5. Garlic planted late