For most places around Australia autumn is a great time to be planting the ever-popular garlic – don’t wait till June, that will be too late. It's little wonder garlic is so popular as it can be used in the kitchen in many ways and by all accounts has medicinal properties – inhibits and destroys bacteria, fungus and parasites, lowers blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar levels, prevents blood clotting, protects the liver, and has anti-cancer properties, which all sounds pretty miraculous.
So, if that sparks your interest, here are some tips on how to get them growing in your garden, while you still can.
- Choose a sunny spot with well-drained soil
- Separate your garlic into individual cloves, leaving the papery skin in place
- Keep in the fridge for a few days
- Plant them in good, well treated soil, focus on the quality and life you have in your soil and the garlic will love that.
- You want the soil to be loose, not packed in hard
- Plant each clove pointy end up about 4-5cm deep and 10-15cm apart
- Push down into the soil and lightly cover
- Put mulch around them – they will push through that
- Water in well with diluted seaweed solution – keep the soil moist but NOT soggy, they don’t like wet feet
- Harvest to use for Christmas lunch or diner
- What else is so delicious and healthy, that’s a bonus!
And if that is not enough, remember that now is a good time to sow leafy greens, brassicas and root crops.
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Customers have been asking for frost cloth and at last we have it back on the site – Frost cloth
Customers have been asking for frost cloth and at last we have it back on the site – Frost cloth
PLUS, there is currently free postage to anywhere in Australia for any order, no matter the size and shape! Free postage will end this month.
Enjoy
Peter