In the garden this month

September

Harvest	Direct sow	Sow in punnets	Plant seedlings	Jobs to do
Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Parsnips Leeks Lettuce Silverbeet/chard Spring onions Rocket	Beetroot Broad beans Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Garlic Lettuce Onions Parsnips Peas Potatoes Radish Silverbeet Spinach Swedes Turnips	Broad beans Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Celery Peas Silverbeet Spinach Swedes Chives Coriander Parsley Thyme Alyssum Calendula Protect from frost Capsicum Chilli Corn Cucumber Eggplant Beans Pumpkin Squash Tomatoes	Broad beans Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Celery Lettuce Peas Silverbeet Spinach Chives Coriander Parsley Thyme Alyssum Calendula Pansies Strawberries	Apply organic fertilizers to garden beds before sowing. Net brassicas and check regularly for cabbage white butterfly. Trim and divide herbs. Remove cloches from rhubarb. Cover strawberries with cloches to help produce an early crop (remove at times to allow insects to pollinate flowers). Feed and mulch fruit trees and bushes. Watch out for aphids on cherries, apricots, peaches and nectarines. Start spraying apples and pears against scab and spray for coddling moth. Net fruit trees to protect from birds.