October Plans

almost ready to start harvesting!

We had some sun this morning so decided to get into the garden and remove all of last seasons crops and make some room for our next batch of seedlings. Whilst the greenhouse is nearing completion we have been using a few cheepo mini-greenhouses to get an early start on some of our families most eaten veges though since its been pretty warm lately we have been hardening them off and they are surviving the weather well.

this side is a bit bare.. on the other hand at least the compost bin is full

Over the next few days we will be transplanting our broccoli, chilli (a few different heirloom varieties we have been collecting seed from for years), eggplant, leeks, tomatoes (another one we like to grow heaps of heirloom varieties) and we tried our luck with a few turnip... though I doubt anyone will convince me to eat it.

Planting Guide for October

Plant straight into garden; asparagus, beetroot, borage, broccoli, gooseberry, carrot, beans, cucumber, daikon (japanese radish), artichokes, lettuce, kohlrabi, yacon (sunroot), oca, corn, sunflower, spring onion, silverbeet, salsify (swiss chard), rocket, rhubarb, radish, pumpkin, potato and parsnips. 

Start in greenhouse; sweet majoram, rock melon, ladyfinger (okra), NZ spinach, marrow, celery and celeriac.

Underlined is what we are planning to plant, italics is what we have in the patch ready to harvest.