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Create a Winter Vegie Patch
Lots of vegies love the cold weather so there’s no reason why you can?t continue producing your own healthy food from your winter garden.
Here’s how:
- Spinach, carrots, cabbages and spring onions can be grown from Yates seeds at this time of year in all but the coldest areas.
- Prepare soil before planting by digging in lots of rich organic matter (such as homemade compost) and some Dynamic Lifter Organic Plant Food pellets.
- Sow carrot and spring onion seeds direct where the plants are to grow. Start cabbage seeds and spinach in seedling pots.
- Feed the new young plants with Thrive Soluble Plant food to encourage strong growth.
- Pests can still cause problems in the winter garden. Use Blitzem or Baysol to control snails and slugs. Yates Ready-To-Use Pyrethrum will take care of most other pests. Because of pyrethrum?s low toxicity, vegies can be picked, washed and eaten just one day after spraying.
