My activity checklist for Week 7 (13 February to 19 February) follows below.
To understand the thinking behind this guide and to discover how to set-up and manage a high-yield organic food garden, enrol in the Go Food Gardening e-Class or 1-Day Workshop.
Weather permitting, and where possible, I try to garden by the moon. The days indicated with some activities are therefore the best moon gardening days.
Planning Activities
- Start making serious plans for the autumn and winter garden.
Planting Activities
- Sow successions of beetroot, carrots, and turnips. Start sowing radishes. Best days: Monday.
Growing Activities
- Do your daily observations. First note the general appearance of crops, and then start looking at detail. Note any pests and tasks such as watering, thinning and weeding that needs to be done.
- Water daily if needed. Best days: Monday & Tuesday.
- Keep weeding. Start with weeds that are in flower, don't allow them to seed. And don't compost any seed bearing weeds. Don't let up your guard.
- Trim plants such as annual herbs to decrease their growth. Best days: Wednesday - Sunday.
- Fertilize. Check condition of heavy feeders and fertilize them if needed with a good quality, water soluble, organic fertilizer. Best days: Monday & Tuesday.
- Pest and Diseases. Check for aphids, red spider mite and mildew. If you have fruit trees, start putting out bait to catch the last generation of fruit fly. Best days to control pests: Wednesday - Sunday.
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