In the garden: July
by
Tracy Hanify
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last modified
Nov 25, 2008 09:10 AM
Here's what to do in your edible garden in July.
Plant now
Artichokes, cauliflower, lettuce, onions, rhubarb, silver beet and cabbage seedlings. Keep planting salad greens for a year-round supply. In warmer places, potatoes can be planted. In colder areas, cover small seedlings with a cloth canopy to protect from frost.
Harvest now
Salad greens, beetroot,carrots, rhubarb, silver beet and spinach. Lemons and other citrus fruits will be ripe now, too.
Other jobs
- Get beds ready for planting spring crops by adding compost.
- Start sowing seeds now for planting over the next couple of months.
- Prune fruit trees.
HFG TIP
Keep slugs and snails at bay naturally with beer - just put a dish of
it near your tender seedlings. Snails and slugs love it, so they'll
attack the beer instead of your plants
First published July 2008
