It’s time to get the summer vegetables going...Imagine harvesting home-grown potatoes, lettuces, strawberries and other produce for the Christmas table.
Let’s face it, supermarket produce is expensive and growing your own food for the family not only saves you money, it tastes better.
Time is of the essence – you need to get your crops planted now to make the most of the warmer, sunnier days ahead. Central Landscapes Avondale has weed-free Premium Garden Mix, a great mix to get plants established and growing. September is a great time to plant early crop potatoes, carrots, peas, spinach, lettuces, spring onions and of course those all-important herbs to flavour the summer dishes.
Small city vegetable gardens can work well. It’s a common misconception that you need a big yard to set up a vegetable garden. Using good mixes and fertilisers, you can grow a surprising amount of produce per square metre. Central Landscapes Avondale has a great range of wooden sleepers for building raised vegetable beds.
Raised beds keep the soil warmer, provide better drainage and generally vegetables out-perform those grown in the ground. Placing scoria in the base of a raised bed aids drainage and, after planting, adding a layer of pea straw around new seedlings helps keep the roots moist. If space is at a premium, grow summer vegetables that can be trained vertically like cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes and beans. Height gives the plant more sun exposure and helps maximise the yield on the plant.
Shop online with Central Landscapes Avondale. To make the process easier, there’s an online store at Central Landscape Supplies. Go to www.centrallandscapes.co.nz enter your postcode and order all the necessary products to establish your vegetable garden.
The Avondale team delivers across many Auckland suburbs, including Avondale, Mount Roskill, New Lynn and Titirangi. Inner city areas stretch from Point Chevalier to Freemans Bay and the city centre. And, in the east of Auckland, the Avondale trucks go from Remuera as far as the Pakuranga inlet.
CENTRAL LANDSCAPES AVONDALE, 419 Rosebank Road, T: 09 828 5533, Facebook: @CLSAvondale, www.centrallandscapes.co.nz
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Published: August 2023