June Growers Guide
Even though growth has slowed, there is still plenty to do in the garden in the winter months. Even weeds grow in winter.
From tidying and planting to cleaning out your pots, ticking off these tasks is bound to keep you busy in the fresh air. Then there is always the well-deserved cuppa, when you're back in the warm.
Flowers
Billy Buttons
Canterbury Bells
Chamomile
Corn Cockle
Delphinium
Mignonette
Pyrethrum
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Order and plant summer flowering bulbs
Soil & Compost
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Collect leaves and use in the compost or in garden beds as mulch
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Mulch garden beds to keep the soil temperature warmer over winter and retain moisture
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Water when the water has warmed up a bit later in the morning
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Vegetables
Fruit Trees
Asparagus crowns
Broad Beans
Broccoli
Cabbage
Celtuce
Coriander
Kale
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
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Collect fallen leaves to stop over wintering of disease
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Begin winter pruning
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Remove fallen fruit quickly
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Feed Pawpaw trees
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Care for your citrus trees who may have aphids and sooty mould
Radish
Rhubarb crowns
Spinach
Spring Onion
Strawberry runners
Swede
Thyme
Turnip
Tools & Equipment
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Take care of your nets
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Check your frost cloths are in good condition
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Clean and sharpen secateurs and saws for fruit tree pruning
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Tidy up the growing space
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Sort through your pots
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Sort through your seed packets
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Begin to plan for next season
Seed Saving & Harvesting
Harvest
Peas, storage beans, beetroot, carrot, sweet potato, citrus fruit as it ripens, lettuce, coriander, spring onions, rhubarb, mustards, spinach, kale, cabbage, new potatoes
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Seed saving
Capsicums, chillies, tomatoes, basil, pumpkins, squash, zucchini, beans and flower seeds such as zinnias and cosmos
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