Garden Maintenance Plan

Here is a simple maintenance plan for your fruit and vegtable garden listing the tasks to do regularly to get the best results

EVERY WEEK

  • Hand water all vegetables beds with hose (in addition to automatic watering)
  • Hand water all fruit and bush-tucker trees with hose (in addition to automatic watering)
  • Check watering system to shadehouse, trees and vegie beds – fix leaks and replace missing dripper heads
  • Weed vegie beds, around vegie beds and trees and along fencelines
  • Check for pests on all veggies and fruit trees and spray if necessary:                            
    • aphids :  use “pyrethrum”
    • caterpillars : use “Success”
    • grasshoppers : use “eco-neem oil”
  • Check if seedlings in shadehouse are ready for planting

EVERY 2 WEEKS

  • Liquid fertilise all vegie beds using a watering can.  Usually 1 capful liquid fertilizer per 9 litre can
  • Transplant seedlings when 4-5cm high from shadehouse to veggies beds

EVERY MONTH

  • During growing season, sow new seeds in seedtrays in shadehouse in seed-raising mix
  • During growing season, sow seeds direct into empty vegie beds (peas, beans, corn, carrot, zucchini, pumpkin, watermelon, rockmelon, mung beans, onion)
  • Liquid fertilise fruit trees using a watering can.  Usually 1 capful liquid fertilizer per 9 litre can
  • When there is NO WIND, spray “Round-up” on weeds between vegie beds, along fencelines.  DO NOT ROUND-UP NEAR FRUIT TREES AND BUSH-TUCKER TREES

EVERY 3 MONTHS

  • Fertilise all fruit trees and bushtucker plants with granular fertilizer – 1 handful per tree and water in well with hose
  • Fertilise all vegie beds with granular fertilizer – 1 handful per square metre and water in well with hose
  • When vegie crop is finished, rotate a new crop in the bed. Top up vegie beds with compost, cow manure and straw/sorghum and water well before replanting