Gardening jobs to do in early autumn | Garden Inspiration | Gardening Australia
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- Опубликовано: 29 фев 2024
- Late summer is a wonderful time in the garden: the weather is stable, there is still warmth still in the soil, plus there’s a hint of the cooler weather to come. It’s the perfect time for lots of garden jobs. Subscribe 🔔 ab.co/GA-subscribe
Take time to observe and plan.
For example, Millie is growing dahlias and in her cool-climate she lifts and stores the tubers each winter to avoid them rotting in the wet soil. But by spring it’s hard to remember which tuber has which colour flower, so now is a great time to tag the plants.
Save seed.
Plants acclimatise to suit their local environment, so by saving seed from your healthiest, favourite vegies and plants, you are sure of growing plants that will do well in your garden.
Millie collects seed of lettuce, carrot and cornflower.
Plant seedlings.
It’s hard to establish new plants in cold soil, so Millie starts planting autumn and winter crops in late summer, while the soil is still warm.
In place of the recently harvested carrot, she forks over the soil, layers on some fresh compost, forks this in again and soaks it really well.
If planting brassica seedlings, check the leaves for caterpillar eggs before planting. Mulch thinly, to avoid swamping the small plants; you can top the mulch more thickly as the plants grow. Water in well, then net to protect from cabbage white butterflies and other pests.
Plant seeds.
Raising new plants from seed is also good now, so that you have seedlings ready to be planted out as soon as space is available.
Millie even plants more unusual crops such as turnip and beetroot that generally are better sown directly into the soil. She plants them in cells that are easily transplanted to avoid disturbing the roots too much.
Make compost.
This is the most important job of all! Millie uses two methods: a cold compost that breaks down slowly as she continually adds kitchen scraps, and a larger bay that will take a full cubic metre of compostable materials in one hit, which becomes a hot compost.
There are a couple of rules to all methods:
* You need diversity - leafy greens as well and dry, brown materials such as straw, leaves or shredded paper.
* Chop up your material as small as possible to make it easily available for the bacteria and other organisms that break it down.
To make chopping easier, Millie has invested in an electric mulcher. She adds compost and leaves to the finely chopped waste, mixes it all up and adds the magic ingredient: water. Keep the pile moist, cover it if possible, and turn and water again in a few days to speed up the composting process.
Featured plants:
Dahlia (Dahlia cv.)
Lettuce ‘Red Cos’ (Lactuca sativa cv.)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus cv.)
Carrot ‘Chantenay Red Cored’ (Daucus carota cv.)
Filmed on Taungurung Country in Central Victoria
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I think the seasons are a month late from how the weathers been going past few years
Not for where we are.we had our first day of autum yesterday central Victoria . Thanks
Yes I'm in the southern subs of Melbourne and I've been feeling this way and also seeing it in my garden the past few years as well
I agree, 36 degrees 2 days in a row this week, the second week of March.
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Nope, we have had normal seasonal weather in WA.
I love saving seeds, its just so therapeutic....
That is a great idea with the ribbons on the flowers! I have just saved my sunflower seeds for next spring. I am so glad the scorching weather is over but the frost here always wreaks havoc!
So many great ideas Millie. Surveying and admiring your garden masterpiece in progress is the way to go. All those daily additions are compound garden interest/ abundance. I have blisters from shredding by hand here. What a cracker to find a second hand electric shredder….your compost will be unreal!
The Dahlia labelling is a good one
I just love watching your videos, they are such a great advice for us beginners,,,,, Thanks
Thanks for the lovely feedback, we're so glad they've been helpful.
This video is the perfect watch during a study break!
OMG I'm doing the exact same thing...LOL...
Thank you and good luck with your studies!
Thanks for another great video!🇦🇺👴🏻
If only it wasn’t 36 degrees plus everyday at the moment. My garden is bone dry despite watering and the soil is dust. It’s gonna be a big job over autumn and winter to save my space.
great video.
What a great idea … a mulcher!!
Any tips on which ones are the best? Price and efficiency wise??
Love your videos Millie ❤
Nice to meet you, we really like plants, happy to join you
Nice tips thank you😊 I love autumn❤
Such a beautiful time in the garden - thanks for watching.
Value added guidance❤thvmuch
Millie, my hoya is flowering for the 3rd time , ie, November, January, and now March. Nobody else seems to be reporting this to my knowledge. ?
How do u clean the seeds. I seed save but put them back in the garden don't know about cleaning them can ypu show us how to do this please.
What brand of mulcher is that? I am struggling to find one with a suitable inlet to handle the bulky masses
why do you feel guilty about not doing "gardening jobs" when gardening is supposed to be fun
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