Even though it’s hot as hades, time to be thinking about autumn and winter planting of seed. Always a challenge when your’re faced with gluts of summer veges, but worth it if you don’t want a starvation period in the garden.
| February 2010 | |
| What to Plant, When:
Guide for temperate areas in SE Australia |
Leaf Days: 6 – 9; 17 – 19; 26 – 28
cabbage, kale, bok choi, chicory, endive, mibuna, mizuna, orach, rocket, tatsoi, lettuce, mustard, silverbeet, chard, spinach, borage, chives, garlic chives, dill, parsley Fruit Days: 1-2; 9 – 11; 19 – 21; 28 broad beans, peas, Root Days: 2 – 4; 11-14; 21-24 beetroot, carrots, celeriac, kohlrabi, leek, bunching onion, parsnip, radish, daikon radish, turnip Flower Days: 4-6; 14-17; 24-26 broccoli#, cauliflower |
| Other Dates to note:
Moon Descending Moon Ascending Full Moon/New Moon Nodes*: Perigee***: Apogee***: |
9 – 23 1 – 8; 24 – 28 -/ 14 11, 25 28 13 |
| Garden Tasks:
Apply soil food Apply foliar food Mulch Transplant seedlings, plants, cuttings Graft |
9 – 14 24 – 28 anytime 11 – 14 24 – 26 |
Dates are a guide for these particular crops. Timing will vary from region to region (particularly with climate change) and even within a garden’s own microclimates. Of course, rainfall, weather conditions and your own schedule will influence when you garden.
# Broccoli can be grown year round, apart from the hottest months. I prefer to plant through the colder months to avoid having the broccoli forming heads when the cabbage moth butterfly is active, in late spring and summer.
* Each month there are a couple of ‘node days’ when the sun and moon are in opposition. Many biodynamic gardeners choose not to plant on these days, or at least a couple of hours either side of the node.
** Perigee is the point where the moon is closest to the earth, so the influence of the moon is strongest. Apogee is the furthest point from the earth, so the opposite occurs.
