It’s a fabulous time in the garden! With summer crops ripe and finishing up, that means many delicious vegetables for your table. The cooler days are a relief and make gardening much easier, particularly now having to pull up old crops and dig new life into your soil. As summer comes to an end, we begin to slowly allow ourselves to indulge in the deliciousness of cooler weather eating, gardening, and home-warming. Autumn brings such an immense sense of childhood play time. The cooler days with golden leaves to play in, dry on top and soggy beneath. The sweet smell of rain, and the feeling of cool breezes and warm, low sun on your skin.

Although it’s hard to rip out your old vegetables, Autumn in the garden is time to pull out all the old spent plants from summer. By now it’s best not to try and treat fungus and mildew on summer vegetables, instead, pull them up and start afresh.  It’s time to replenish the soil with manure, compost, and blood and bone, and allow to sit and be absorbed before planting your new crop.

What to Plant in Your Vegetable Patch in Autumn:

The Bracissa Family
Cabbage
Broccoli
Brussell Sprouts
Cauliflower

Also
Broad Beans
Shallots
Silverbeet
Carrots
Lettuce can be planted all year round, so don’t forget to plant your new crop to stay topped up for winter, rocket in particular is an awesome variety to plant now.

Later in autumn, plant your snow peas.

What to Transplant in Autumn:

Artichoke suckers, and strawberry runners.

Although it is cooler, don’t forget to water, check for those rotten slugs, and keep up the seaweed solution.

Enjoy!