Is this Spring? the sun is out, its warmer - just slightly, tomorrow perhaps it will feel a bit more like Spring. The next couple of days look to be nice, temperatures about 18 - 25 depending upon where you are.

Spring is the best time of the year in the garden, when the most things are happening, new growth appearing, plants loosing the brown and becoming green again, everything growing, you may think weeds are growing quicker than anything else so get on top of these whilst the ground is moist.

 Spring is the best time to walk through our greenhouses, August & September is when you will find the biggest selection of plants, Pansy, Marigold, Petunia, Impatiens, Stock, Ranunculus, Viola, English Daisy, Begonia, Cabbage, Tomato, Lettuce, Beans, Pumpkin, Kale,  just to name a few - a bit from every season! and you can plant all these in your garden now!

Remember. Anything that fruits or is harvested in the summer protect from frost! Cover summer crops by 5pm, remove cover by 9am.

It's certainly cold here in the Southern Riverina, even though most parts of NSW have experienced temperatures well above average this past week we certainly have not. Plenty of snow on the nearby mountains and the Murray River is full and flooding.

So have you been out digging? - if its not too wet at your place. Last weekend I planted some bare root trees. 15 Manchurian Pear, these trees make a great show in Spring as they burst into flower, most should be flowering now and would be full of bees. The holes I dug for these trees were say just over a foot deep and it was wet all the way down! some holes begun filling with water, this is a very good start for all our gardens.

If you haven't been out digging - get out there! dig. Turn over your empty vegetable beds or remove some of the old soil if planting in tubs / barrels. Use a hand scarifier to loosen the top 2 cm of earth underneath perrenials, trees and around flowers, weed, prune where neccesary because very very soon, the sun will be out far more often, it will be warmer and everything will again be growing.

In the mean time we're very busy growing everything you need this spring for your flower and vegetable garden, our greenhouses are warm and filling fast.

Hi, it's June 27 pretty close now to the middle of our Southern Hemisphere Winter. Has it been cold enough at your place? At the Greenhouse we have in fact recorded quite a few frosts, some I'd put down as quite severe say down as low as minus 5 or even 7 and a few times freezing after rain so the ice was quite thick on the ground. Rain has been pretty rare so far this Winter I'd have to say at least in our neck of the woods we've only recorded I think 6mm over June.

So you must be wondering - what should I plant now? I will give you a hint. WINTER VEG, of course if you wanted home grown ingredients for those hearty winter meals you probably should have planted way sooner, however planting winter veg now will ensure your crops are ready for the picking before its hot outside. Cauliflower, Cabbage, Broccoli, to name a few. best to leave the lettuce alone for a bit, Herbs will grow and last longer in the cooler months, Snowpeas will also do well.

Tip on garden preparation - Build your beds up where possible to allow drainage.

Talk soon.

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