Gardening by the moon in June
NEW MOON
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Garden:
- Collect seed catalogues and inspirational books so you can dream about next season's garden
- Plan next year's garden
- Spend time on fine days just looking around the garden, observing and remembering what worked, what didn't, what changes you may like to make
- If you haven't already got them, draw up some blanks of maps of your garden beds so you can more easily plan next season's garden
Orchard:
- Foliar spray for plant health
- Use citonic copper stone frut for leaf curl and bacteial blast if you're concerned
FIRST QUARTER
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Garden:
- Have a well earned rest - enjoy all that summer food and wine that was stored away in the autumn!
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Celebrate the beginning of the gardener’s year and the dream for the season to come
Orchard:
- Plant fruit trees
- Prune fruit trees
- If it's a warm winter you may have strong grass growth in which case you can scythe and use it to mulch currants, berry fruit and perennial veges (e.g. asparagus) which you may struggle to find mulch for in spring when you need it for the fruit trees
FULL MOON
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Garden:
- Plant garlic 3 days after full moon, also tree onions, shallots, potato, onions
- Plant dalmation garlic in orchard
- Scatter neem granules around roots of dwarfing apples (or any trees that are susceptible) to prevent woolly aphids next season
Orchard:
- Mark strong clumps of bulbs or clumps that need to be dug and divided to dig later
- Planting and pruning fruit trees, hegderow trees, bee forage and shelter trees
- Manure and prune feijoas now
- Begin pruning macadamias once the crop is off
LAST QUARTER
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Garden:
- Time for dreaming and resting and finding inspiration for the year to come
Orchard:
- Plant fruit trees
- Prune fruit trees
- Manure and prune feijoas (feijoas are pollinated by birds so need to be pruned from inside to be open)
- Prune, lime, manure and mulch all berry fruits, blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, logan berries and raspberries
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De-sucker raspberries
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Garden:
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NZ Heritage Potatoes in Danger!
Updates on our potato trial can be found here.
In the Spring of 2011, we launched a comprehensive Potato Program to save our NZ heritage potatoes. Read Full Article Here.... We asked for 50 people to sponsor a potato each to enable this trial to go ahead. Thank you to all those who sponsored spuds ... our thank you list is here.
2011-12 Koanga Gardens Catalogue, is out now! Full colour edition with photographs and details of all the Koanga Gardens range seeds. Koanga Institute NZ Members receive a Free Copy with their Insititute catalogue in the post - make sure your subscription is valid to ensure you get your copy!!