Autumn garden plan
It feels like Christmas was just yesterday but in fact Autumn is just around the corner. Spring/Summer season can be a very exciting season for all gardeners. This is the season where you get all the interesting, vibrant and fragrant fruits and veggies. For me, I had a better than expected season. We got bucket loads of tomatoes, corns, early crops of bok choy and rockmelons! As the tomatoes wilts and the melons ripens, its time to plan for my autumn garden.
Autumn need not be boring, in fact I quite look forward to the cooler months. The colder months are a great time for growing your green leafy vegetables. As the day gets shorter, you have more vegetable variety to grow without them bolting easily. This year, I am dividing the plot into 5 one-meter sections.
Section 1: Cabbage patch
I will grow some mini and chinese cabbage.
Section 2 & 3: Peas
What can I say but I am a total pea lover. For some reasons, peas tend to get really expensive in Melbourne during the cooler months (which always baffles me, by the way). This year I am going to grow enough to feed me to my heart’s content. Oh, and not forgetting to mention that I am also using it to improve soil fertility.
Section 4 & 5: Fast maturing plot
This section is reserved for me to grow fast maturing vegetables such as spinach and bok choy. As one crop matures, they will get lots of digging and flipping into for the preparation of the next crop.
So this is it, my Autumn plan. Now I just have to get off my butt and start sowing seeds and clearing the beds. So what’s your autumn plan? I will love to hear and gather some ideas for next year.
Your autumn plan sounds great Corine – I too will be planting some peas in the tomato patch soon, but my main job will be to fix up one of the beds, its tired and just too shallow, so it will dug up, new sides put around it and plenty of good organic matter dug in. Will also be looking at planting some brocolli as well.
Oh yes, I am planning on growing some brocolli and carrots as well. Probably going to pop them in after the spinaches and Bok choy. Thanks for reminding me!