What to do in the garden – August
We are so blessed to have had such a wonderful Wisdom Keeper in the past who volunteered her time to nurture our community gardens, Sue Anderson! She is still with us in spirit. She developed this comprehensive guide for our Community Gardens that can be used in your garden too and can be followed every month.
Thanks Sue!!
If you haven’t heard of Moon Planting then click HERE to learn the basics. You can view or download her Moon Phase Planting calendar below!
Sue’s Perpetual Gardening Calender.
The monthly jobs and moon plantings stay the same each year. The Moon calendar dates reflect the current year.
August – Jobs to do:
o Compost – Keep compost piles damp and turned often
o Fertilize – feed tomatoes with magnesium (Epsom salts) 1 tablespoon of Epsom salts to 9 litres water
o Fertilize – apply fertilizer tea to mature pawpaw, cabbage, celery, leek, lettuce, silverbeet, young rhubarb
o Fertilize – apply seaweed tea to avocado and pistachio
o Fertilize – feed kiwifruit, pecan, olive,
o Harvest – crops for storage in 3rd quarter
o Maintenance – give tomatoes, peas and tall perennials support
o Pests – watch for Bronze orange citrus bug and spray with natural pyrethrum or knock them into a bucket of soapy water
o Pests – remove citrus gall wasps before the end of the month
o Pests – check garlic for rust just before harvest and if necessary spray with bi carb soda solution
o Pests – wash aphids off with the hose
o Pests – watch for fruit fly on tomatoes and capsicums and cover with exclusion bags
o Prune – prune fig tree by 2/3rds as fruit is produced on new season’s growth
o Prune – thin fruit trees, support limbs bearing heavy crops, lightly prune citrus
o Prune – strawberry runners
o Prune – prune dormant fruit trees, cane berries, vines, roses
o Seedlings – thin seedlings of carrot, beetroot, green onions, lettuce
o Soil – prepare beds for spring by applying organic matter to break down over winter
o Soil – Hoe and cultivate to lightly break up soil crust
Click here to download and/or print the above Moon phases.
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