Some like it hot!
Now is the time to plant heat-loving vegetables. Think about the more unusual ones, such as okra, snake beans, and exotic types of eggplant (such as the tiny ones used in Thai cooking), as well as the usual sweetcorn, capsicum, chillies, pumpkins, and melons.
If you are looking for a productive organic vegetable garden that doesn’t take much work as the temperature rises, consider mulching your vegetable patch well and popping in a few seedlings of melons, cucumbers, or pumpkins. These rambling vegetables are quite hardy though will benefit from regular watering in dry weather, and some animal manure dug into the soil a little or the application of a liquid organic fertiliser/soil improver such as Earthfood. Top with mulch, which reduces the need for weeding and helps the soil retain moisture, making your patch more water efficient.
Building an Organic Garden
Organic mulches include chopped sugar cane and pea straw or lucerne hay. While these are organic materials, do ask if they have been sprayed with pesticides or herbicides. There are many considerations and layers to having a truly organic garden.
Don’t forget to plant a few marigolds as companion plants to help keep nasty insects away while attracting beneficial pollinators.
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