We’re so excited the weather is warming up, meaning it’s time to get out into your vegetable & herb gardens and get ready for spring planting! Our top tips for the coming month are below:
• Tidy up & prepare your gardens by digging in plenty of compost, vege mix, sheep pellets and/or fertiliser of your choice.
• Sow your favourite seeds like carrots, beetroot, silver beet & peas direct into your garden & lettuce, leeks, cabbage, tomatoes, capsicum, courgette, cucumber & eggplant in trays for transplanting later.
• Refresh your herb garden. If space is an issue you can grow in pots!
• You could start planting out the hardier seedlings but remember to put some slug & snail bait around and cover with netting if there is frost predicted.
• Prune feijoas & passionfruit vines.
• Plant ‘Incredible Edible’ fruit trees & berries for a delicious crop come summer.
• Feed existing fruit trees & berries.
• Put seed potatoes on a tray in a sunny position for a few weeks before planting.
• Companion & edible flowers are fun too. Scatter some calendula, viola, marigold & nasturtium seeds around. Not only do they look pretty, they’re also great companion flowers for your vegetables and many are also edible.
We have a great selection of garden supplies in-store including compost, potting mix, vege mix, sheep pellets, Kings seeds, seedlings, ‘Incredible Edible’ fruit trees, gloves, trowels, secateurs, natural slug & snail bait ‘Quash’, and more! Pop in store for your garden needs and friendly helpful advice from the team at The Herbal Dispensary.
