Autumn Gardening & Planting - A Complete Guide

##NewZealandaAutumnGardening ##ACompleteGuide ##AutumnPlants Let’s do some Autumn Gardening today Time Codes Brassicas are a good choice for this season and I have got some broccoli’s to Plant today. It’s an ideal time to plant broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, beetroot, spinach and Chinese cabbages. Plant lettuce in early autumn and you can get a good harvest from most lettuce varieties. I Love the crunchiness of lettuce in a Vege sandwich or salads. Potatoes can be planted in spring and autumn , it’s the right time to harvest the ones you planted during the earlier months, its should be ready for lifting . If you plant potatoes in autumn it should be ready Make sure that the young seedings are protected from slugs , aphids and also cover them with a frost cloth if early frosts are a concern for you . That’s to do with planting vegetables for autumn .. now let’s move to the fruit garden. This is the time when trees in your garden will be laden with fruits .. like Apples, Blueberries, Feijoas, , Kiwifruit (Gold), Limes, Mandarins, just to name a few It’s also the time when you will need to Fertilise citrus trees in early autumn with citrus fertilizer . Prepare new planting sites with compost and plant into garden mix. Autumn is also the time to Harvest seeds from last season's crops for use next season. Label them carefully before storing. I’m taking some seeds From the basil plants and some Marigold flowers from my garden. While you plant new seedlings for the autumn and Winter months , it’s also the time to tidy up the vegetable patch and the garden in general. pruning back flowering plants that have finished for the season. I’m cleaning up as much as I can to make room for new plants. Once I’ve cleared the old plants, I’ll be adding in compost, blood and bone, and sheep pellets. This will provide a healthy new foundation for your autumn and winter crops and Replace the nutrients.. Now this is for people who would love to see colours and make their garden pretty in autumn and winters. You can plant flowers Like Pansies, violas, cyclamen and polyanthus as they are more tolerant of the cooler weather. It is also the best time to plant bulbs for spring flowering, flowers Like Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths or freesias And finally Mulch your flower beds to suppress weeds and protect plants from the cooler months ahead