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GARDEN CARE FOR AUTUMN From Living Earth Back into the garden, as Autumn begins! Vegetable Heaven – once you’ve dug your soil over, applying fresh compost or Garden Mix as you go, then it’s full steam ahead with sowing seeds and planting – cabbages, Chinese vegetables, carrots, radishes and all the colourful types of cauliflowers and broccoli. Parsley, the unfashionable ‘curly-leaf’ type – Makes a wonderful edging plant for the garden and the colour looks great in the winter. Still tastes as good as its smart Italian counterpart! Feijoa time – Harvesting is definitely from now on – feijoas do tend to drop gently to the ground when ripe, so make a daily trip to collect them while they’re perfect. Liquid feeding – Giving all new seedlings and plants a liquid feed establishes healthy roots. Central Landscapes recommends Living Earth organic-certified Liquid Compost for the job.
Tips for the autumn garden BEST planting time - start by digging Living Earth organic-certified Compost through your soil. Then plant into it, making sure you water regularly in the event that it doesn’t rain. BEST lawn sowing time – Central landscapes have Living Earth Ultra Lawn – a premium weed-free mix, ideal for sowing lawn seed into. Rake up fallen leaves – leaving them on the lawn will stifle the grass and cause it to collapse. Camellias, azaleas and other evergreen shrubs are planted now – there’s a great range appearing in your local garden centre from now on. Hedges & Edges a great month to trim and mulch the ‘sharp outline’ plants in your garden – nice and crisp for winter. Apply BLACKGOLD Mulch around the base to feed and make them look special! ANZAC Day Poppies – sadly, the red poppies tend not to flower in New Zealand on Anzac Day, but they can be sown now for a beautiful reminder in spring.
