Autumn is the Perfect Time for Planting

In the vegie patch, we're spoilt for choice! Sow seeds of climbing peas like Yates Sugarsnap Peas and Yates Snow Peas next to a trellis or teepee they can twine up. Grow nutritious Yates Baby Leaf Spinach, Yates Asian Stir Fry, Yates Silverbeet Compact Deep Green and Yates Lettuce Baby Combo to keep your kitchen stocked with leafy ingredients for salads and stir fries.

Plant brassica vegies, like Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage and Cauliflower, which thrive in the cooler weather. Monitor for Snails and Slugs, which can rapidly devour young seedlings. A light sprinkling of Yates Snail & Slug Bait around the plants will help keep them protected.

Grow your very own flavoursome Garlic by planting cloves, pointy end up, four centimetres deep in a sunny well-drained position. Once the first shoots emerge, feed the plants every one to two weeks with Yates Thrive Vegie & Herb Liquid Plant Food to promote lots of leafy growth and good sized Garlic bulbs.

Brighten the coolest months by planting flowers like Pansies, Violas, English Daisies, Calendula and Dianthus. They'll look divine planted in groups throughout the garden or you can make a statement with a mass planting.

Plant spring flowering bulbs like Daffodils, Hyacinths and Tulips (Gladioli, Ixias and Babiana are best for warm areas) and spring flowering annuals like Sweet Peas.

Choose your favourite Camellia from your local garden centre while it's in glorious bloom. And it's also a great time to select a deciduous tree as they'll be clothed in their richly coloured autumnal foliage. Crepe Myrtles and compact Japanese Maples are ideal for smaller backyards and provide summer shade and let the winter sunshine in.

A flourishing garden starts from the ground up. The secret is in the soil! So it's important to improve and nurture your soil before you plant anything. It's as simple as mixing handfuls of Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser into the soil. When planting trees and shrubs, mix Yates Dynamic Lifter into the soil dug from the planting hole and then backfill around the root ball with this enriched soil. Before planting flower and vegetable beds, mix 150 grams (approximately two handfuls) of Yates Dynamic Lifter into each square metre of soil.

Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser helps refresh and rejuvenate the soil, breathing life into the garden and nurturing new autumn plants. The rich organic matter in Yates Dynamic Lifter also helps increase the soil's water and nutrient holding ability, improve soil structure as well as encouraging earthworms and beneficial soil microorganisms.

To help maintain organic matter levels in the soil and provide plants with gentle slow release organic nutrients, reapply Yates Dynamic Lifter around established plants every 6 - 8 weeks during the growing and flowering seasons