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December 2008 JAN JANUARY   beans, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, lettuce, onion, parsnip, radish, peas, parsley, silver beet, spinach, Swede, turnip  
GARDEN ALMANAC            
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A-Z LIST OF VEGETABLES AND HERBS, WHEN AND HOW TO GROW THEM.

            
What is  permaculture exactly - and why is it important?            
           
  Plant these this month: beetroot, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, capsicum, celery, cucumber, endive, leek, lettuce, onion, silver beet, corn, zucchini  
compost making            
liquid fertilizers                            
  Fruit:       bud fruit trees this month        
soil improvement                            
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   Sow these seeds:   beans, beetroot, carrots, onion, peas, silver beet, spinach, Swede, turnips  
           
                           
    Plant these this month:: beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, capsicum, leek, lettuce, onions, silver beet, spinach.  
             
                             
    Fruit:       Remove canes of spent raspberries, loganberries and boysenberries:  Fertilize citrus fruit trees.  
             
                             
    MARCH                      
                             
    Sow these seeds:   broad beans, carrot, leek, onion, radish, Swede, turnip  
                             
    Plant these this month:: beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chives, lettuce, onion, parsley, shallots, silver beet, spinach  
             
                             
    Fruit:       Check citrus fruit for collar rot.      
                             
    APRIL                      
                             
    Sow these seeds:   broad beans, herbs, leek, onion, Swede, turnip  
                             
    Plant these this month:: beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, endive, lettuce, onion, parsley, shallots silver beet, spinach.  
             
                             
    Fruit:     Plant berry fruits this month    
                             
    MAY                        
                             
    Sow these seeds:   broad beans, cabbage, herbs, leek, onion  
                             
    Plant these this month:: artichoke crowns, asparagus crowns, cabbage, cauliflower, endive, garlic cloves, horseradish pieces, onion, rhubarb crowns, spinach  
             
             
                             
    JUNE                      
                             
    Sow these seeds:   broad bean, onion  
                             
    Plant these this month:: artichoke tubers, asparagus crowns, cabbage, herbs, horseradish roots, rhubarb crowns  
             
    Fruit:     Prune early flowering stone fruits, apples, pears and plums, In cold districts protect citrus from frost.  
             
                             
    JULY                      
                             
    Sow these seeds:   broad beans, lettuce, onion  
                             
    Plant these this month:: artichoke tubers, asparagus crowns, cabbage, herbs, horseradish roots, leek, onion, rhubarb crowns  
             
                             
    Fruit:     Treat trees that are affected  with curly leaf, Prune early flowering stone fruits, plant deciduous fruit trees.  
             
                             
    AUGUST                      
                             
    Sow these seeds:   lettuce, peas, potatoes, rhubarb, silver beet, tomato  
                             
    Plant these this month:: artichoke tubers, asparagus crowns, cabbage, horseradish roots, leek onion spinach, rhubarb crowns.  
             
                           
    Fruit:     Plant citrus trees, Remove spent canes of loganberries,  Mulch strawberry plants  
             
                             
    SEPTEMBER                    
                             
    Sow these seeds:   cabbage, lettuce, onion, silver beet  
                             
    Plant these this month:: butternut, celery, endive, herbs, lettuce, onion, peas potato, radish, rhubarb, silver beet, tomato  
             
                             
    Fruit:     Feed citrus trees, Prune and feed passion fruit vines, check apples and pears for coddling moth.  
             
                             
    OCTOBER                    
                             
    Sow these seeds:   beans, beetroot, butternut, capsicum, carrot, celery, cucumber, egg plant, lettuce, onion, peas, pumpkin, radish, silver beet, sweet corn, tomato, zucchini.  
             
             
                             
    Plant these this month:: capsicum, celery, cucumber, herbs, lettuce, rhubarb, silver beet, tomato, zucchini  
             
                             
    Fruit:     Plant citrus trees, passion fruit and other climbers.  
                             
    NOVEMBER                    
                             
    Sow these seeds:   beans, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower, capsicum, carrot celery, cucumber, endive, lettuce, onion, parsnip, peas, pumpkin, radish, sweet corn ,silver beet, zucchini.  
             
             
                             
    Plant these this month:: beetroot, capsicum, celery, cucumber, endive, herbs, lettuce, pumpkin, silver beet, tomato, zucchini  
             
                             
    Fruit:     Keep citrus trees well watered during the summer months.  
                             
    DECEMBER                    
                             
    Sow these seeds:   beans, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, onion, parsnip, peas, radish sliver beet, Swede, turnip  
             
             
                             
    Plant these this month:: beetroot, cabbage, capsicum, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, endive, lettuce onion, pumpkin, silver beet, sweet corn, zucchini.  
             
             
                             
    Fruit:     check citrus trees for white wax scale, feed citrus trees and keep well watered.  
             
                             
         

 

          
         

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