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Garden List for July

Things I want to achieve in July 24

For me this is pretty much the last month of winter due to commitments in August, so I need to work smarter not harder – although there will be a lot of hard work ahead.  But I can’t afford to wear myself out.  So, these are the things I’m going to work towards.  Some are essential for this month to set up the new growing season and need to be done.  Others are more on there as a wish list.  Some items will continue to be on the list as I chip away at them with a little and often approach. 

GARDEN GARDENING

  • Weekly weeding of all sectors.
  • Harvest when necessary.
  • Continue with bricks in paths.
  • Clear sand along fence line.
  • Trap possums.
  • Tidy office and tool shed.
  • Plan and gather supplies for the new growing season.
  • Enrich empty beds
  • Cut down cover crops

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Sector 1

  • Transplant unwanted self seeded flowers
  • Clear finished peas

Sector 2

  • Eat brassica and clear out bed.
  • Eat Leeks

Sector 3

  • Deal with beetroot in the kitchen.
  • Eat leafy greens.
  • Dig up Potatoes
  • Enrich old bean bed.

Sector 4

  • Enrich artichoke bed
  • Sort out the plant languish area
  • Set up irrigation through this area.
  • Dig up Jerusalem Artichoke.
  • Tidy greenhouse and wash pots
  • Prune roses and hydrangeas

Sector 5

  • Build a blueberry cage to protect the berries from creatures.
  • Move raspberries.
  • Mulch fruit trees
  • Finish irrigation system
  • Weed flowers.
  • There is a garden bed on my garden plan that is listed as “weeds.” This needs to change.

THE PALACE:

Room 1

  • Renovate bench
  • Add brackets to stairs
  • Clean up behind garden
  • Train Muehlenbeckia along fence.
  • Sort out temporary wind break.

Room 2

  • Weed edges
  • Weed around time capsule.
  • Get plaque made about the time capsule.
  • Refresh the bark mulch.
  • Install edging
  • Encourage Muehlenbeckia to shine along hill edge.
  • Add plants to fill gaps

Room 3

  • Start the build

OTHER PROJECTS – for when I have time.

  • Weedeat up to swingseat
  • Landscape around the swing seat.
  • Weed around trees on windbreak hill.
  • Plant more trees on windbreak hill.
  • Office building maintenance
  • Clothesline project.

KITCHEN GARDENING

  • Make strawberry jam from frozen berries.
  • Do something with frozen elderberries.
  • Something from the garden in every meal
  • Pickle shallots

 

6 thoughts on “Garden List for July”

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  2. Wow what a list. I’d never be able to achieve that…. Was wondering, you never have composting on your lists or in your blogs. Do you compost and is it so easy for you that you never mention it!!

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    1. The list, for the most part, is just a suggestion so everything stays front of mind. Some things need to be done at this time of year, but most it would be nice to do. I’d be kidding myself if I thought it was all possible, but maybe… with help… you never know. I do compost – I have a 3 bin system and I just basically fill one bay up and then move onto the next one. So one is filling, one is breaking down and one is being used. I have a compost screw to turn the breaking down bay from time to time, and I sieve the finishing stuff into my wheelbarrow before I use it. It quite low effort but it is never enough for the whole garden so I buy some in as well. You can see a photo of my compost system here. https://sarahthegardener.co.nz/2024/04/22/latest-post-today-is-earth-day/ At the end of the day it is just a part of other tasks like clearing or preparing beds. : o)

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  3. What do you do with trapped possums? . . . or do I not want to know. Those things look horridly vicious! When I trap coons, I take them only a short distance up the road. It does not actually get rid of them, but it makes them more careful to avoid me and the garden when they return, and they tell their friends about it. I must be more careful with skunks, since relocation can be stressful enough to kill them! We relocate them, but then deliver food to their new address until they stop requesting it. They are not as nasty as coons are, and would live inside our homes if they could.

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    1. It is illegal to relocate them so they end up giving back to the trees they have stolen from – if you know what I mean…. But at least they are the only major garden predator in my garden. : o)

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      1. Oh, well that is a polite way of putting it. We can not relocate wildlife off of the property here, but the property is big enough that we could relocate some species too far away to return. I just do not want coons to become a problem somewhere else, and the skunks are not serious problems. I just relocate them away from guest lodgings, and perhaps to where we can use their help to control grubs and mollusks.

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