August Climate Garden.

What’s a climate garden:
You can create a climate-friendly garden in your back yard, balcony or even roadside burm simply by nurturing your patch of soil in a way that is as eco-friendly as possible. This means no yucky pesticides, or fertilisers and trying to get as many nutrients in your soil as possible, naturally. Good climate gardens have a whole heap of micro-organisms living within the soil - it’s these organisms that help our plants grow, photosynthesise and pull carbon out of the atmosphere (where we have too much of it) and into the ground (where it belongs), in turn cooling our climate.

It sounds technical right? But it’s really not. All we’re talking about here is growing vegetables and perennials in a natural way, even better if we’re boosting our soil with top-quality compost. Compost breaks down food and garden waste to create a super-jacked soil-food that increases the health of our gardens and allows soil and plants to pull even more carbon from the atmosphere. There’s also the added benefit of growing food locally. Not only is it better for you when there’s no nasties involved but you save on carbon miles (walking into the garden to pull a carrot, versus driving to the supermarket… you get the gist) which is also amazing for our planet.

Start composting at home, or check out Sharewaste to find some compost near you.

August Planning:

Now is the time of year to start preparing and planning your spring and summer garden. Check what seeds you have and what you'll need for when the soil warms. If you are starting with your own seed make sure your pots are clean and sterilised, or weed your soil in preparation. 

If you’ve got a compost bin or heap already set up at home, make sure you check whether there will be mature compost ready for use, and if not, check out Sharewaste to find good-quality compost near you.

August Planting:

Beetroot
Blueberries
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery
Fruit trees
Greens (all of them) - silverbeet, spinach, lettuce
Parsnips
Perennials
Onions
Strawberries
Turnips