FULL MOON May 6th
Garden
- Feed three days after full moon if necessary
- In warmer areas this is the last chance to sow carrots and beetroot before spring
- Plant Garlic, Tree Onions, Shallots, Potato Onions
- Make compost heaps with all the autumn weeds and material available to be ready for your Spring garden
- Mulch any vege beds not planted in compost crops to avoid a weed nightmare next Spring
- If May continues warm and dry prepare any beds that need it for early spring crops and plant lupins only now.
Temperate Forest Garden
- Finish planting spring bulbs
- Begin wrenching any trees for shifting this winter after the first rain, wrenching one side only this month
- Fertilise forest garden and or compost mulch spread ramial wood chip
LAST QUARTER
May 13th
Garden
- In warmer areas last chance to weed beds and prepare for winter, transplanting last seedlings or sowing the last compost crops
- Cover compost heaps to avoid water logging over winter
- Make sure all chooks ducks and small animals have adequate housing for winter
- Drag out your cloches and cold frames to cover salad crops or keep them growing over winter
Perennials
- Plant strawberries if not already in
Temperate Forest Garden
- Second root wrench now in preparation for removing any fruit trees that need taking out before it gets too wet
- Begin preparing ground for planting fruit trees next month
- Make sure any necessary orchard fencing is finished before planting starts
- Finalise winter planting plans and tree orders or you’ll miss out on the trees you really want
- Good time to plant support species if you have them now
NEW MOON
May 20th
Garden
- Collect seed catalogues and inspirational books so you can dream about next season’s garden
- Great time to do some learning so you keep getting things better and better
- Spend time on fine days just looking around the garden, observing and remembering what worked, what didn’t, what changes you may like to make
- If you haven’t already got them draw up some blanks of maps of your garden beds so you can more easily plan next season’s garden
Perennials
- Leave well mulched for Winter
Temperate Forest Garden
- low root activity now
- good time to check all tree labels
- plant your fruit trees
- be sure to do the best possible job of planting your trees, how you plant them will determine how much fruit they produce over their lifetime. See our Koanga Planting Guide and also our Fruit Tree Health Guide
- Apply treepaste to trunk structure to feed tree
- If you have silver leaf around then use the Koanga Vinevax as your pruning paste
FIRST QUARTER
may 228th
Garden
- Plan next year’s garden
- Celebrate the beginning of the gardener’s year and the dream for the season to come
Temperate Forest Garden
- dig up any unwanted or trees or trees that need shifting, and have een wrenched
- Pruning and planting fruit trees