Gardening notes for August

Thanks to Margaret for her lovely messages from the garden.

The daffodils have been flowering for weeks, the daphne is filling the air with perfume, the chooks are laying again and I think the green manure patches may be about ready to dig in, ready for spring plantings.

I've just been to WA for the 21st birthday of a grandchild - it seems just yesterday he was a toddler in my back garden discovering that he can make footprints on the path from a puddle. The cycles of the seasons and of us humans are a real comfort in a crazy world!

Here are the August planting notes - lots to do:

AUGUST

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Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Parsnip - keep damp 3 weeks plus to germinate

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Carrot - keep damp for 3 weeks,  start picking mid Dec

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Radish

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Beetroot - not too many as often goes to seed Nov/Dec

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Shallots/Spring onions

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Celeriac - keep damp 3 weeks plus for Autumn/Winter

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Mini Cauliflower "Garant" - punnet into ground

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Lettuce - direct seeding and punnet into ground

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Sugar Snap Pea and Snow Pea - 3rd planting.

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pregerminate then sow direct. Protect from birds to 100mm

Into Punnets Tomatoes - for greenhouse only

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Celeriac - keep damp 3 weeks plus

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Capsicum - for greenhouse planting only

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Lettuce

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