My Classified Central

All Categories >  Notices >

Tasmania Gardening

Majestic mountains, huge wilderness areas protected in national parks, a wild coastline open to the storms of the southern oceans. there really is no place in this world, where one can escape the destruction of our natural environment all together.


Tasmania appears to have a huge potential for organic agriculture. The state has a higher proportion of rural dwellers than other Australian states, it has a long tradition of successful agricultural pursuits dating from the earliest European settlement, it is the only state with its own organic certifier, and geographically it is well placed to capitalize on its clean and green image.


Tasmania has four distinct seasons. Summer is warm with sunny days and mild evenings. The weather is more stable between the months of February and April, from mid summer to late autumn. Autumn provides the classical transition to winter with cool to frosty nights and clear cool days with deciduous trees displaying autumn colors and loosing leaves. Winter is characterized by sudden storms, shorter day light hours and snow on the higher peaks ( Mt Ossa 1617m / 5300 ft the highest ). Spring is the season shaking off winter with spring showers and new growth warming to summer.


All these factors contribute to the make-up of Tasmania and producing vegetation which is extremely diverse, from tall open eucalypt forest, alpine heath lands and large areas of cool temperate rainforests and moorlands. Many flora species are unique to Tasmania, and some are related to species in South America and New Zealand through ancestors which grew on the super continent Gondwanaland, 50 million years ago.


This is an idea when and what to plant for each month.


January

Sweet Corn, Spring Onions, Bush Beans, Lettuce, Radish, Cauliflower, Transplant Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli seed, Carrots, Kale, English spinach, Spring Onions, Lettuce, Radish, Cauliflower, Broccoli seed, Cabbage


February

Broccoli seed; cauliflower , carrots for autumn Fennel seedlings Kale Cauliflower seedlings, Broccoli seedlings Spring Onions; Leek seedlings, Chinese Cabbage seed (Wong Bok) (Bok Choy)

March

Radish, Merida F1 Carrots, Coriander, Beetroot, spring onions(Lisbon) Chinese Cabbage ( Wong Bok) (Bok Choy) Leek seedlings Garlic, Overwintering bulbing Onions, Shaftal clover, Broccoli seedlings, Lettuce, Cauliflower seedlings Lettuce

April

Lettuce, Garlic, Shaftal Clover Garlic, Overwintering Onions, transplant lettuce, Spring Onions, Peas

May

Lettuce, cabbage, Cauliflower, Spring Onions

June

Broad Beans Onions Lettuce, cabbage, cauli

July

sow odorless onion seeds indoors Prune Grapes transplant onions& fertilize

August

Peas; Lettuce; Radish; Peas, Start tomato seedlings indoors

September

Peas, Lettuce, Broccoli, Pepper seedlings indoors; spinach, Cauliflower, Cabbage. Broad Beans (last chance) Carrots, Radish Beans(will survive if no frost)

October

Cabbage, Broccoli, Celery seed Parsley, Summer Carrots, Silver Beet, Beetroot, Spring Onions, Leeks, Lettuce, Radish, Spinach

November

Zuchinni, Pumpkin, Squash, Sweet Corn, Lettuce, Climbing Beans, Tomato seedlings outside, French Beans, Silver Beet, Beetroot, Carrot, Spring Onions, Radish, Chinese Cabbage Cucumber

December

Lettuce, Radish, Celery seed, sweet corn, transplant Leeks.


For more information on organic gardening go to www.Teegoes.org



Article by Timothy Samuel

Keywords: tasmania, garden, vegetables, fruit, organic, weather, healthy, eviroment


Aerating Your Lawn by Dayelle Swensson
Lawn aeration is beneficial when soil has been compacted. Soils get compacted for a number of reasons: sports, car or other vehicle traffic and parking or wet, poorly drained soil.. Think about a football field. All that activity compacts the soil which kills the grass. Aeration is a common practice on sports fields to keep the grass healthy. When the soil gets compacted there is little pore space in the soil to hold air. Grass roots need air to grow and the space to absorb water and nutrients....

Learn About Wineries by Jerry Shannon
Wine can be consumed for any occasion. They go well with steak during special occasions. You can try making a batch at home with the right equipment and see how others like it. Wines go through a process that transform the grapes into the liquid form. This doesn't just involve squishing them into small pieces but also fermenting with yeast to add flavor. Then it needs to be stored in containers for quite awhile before being bottled and served. The process of making wine can be...

Vegetable Gardening: Can I Grow Celery? by Michael Podlesny
How do you determine which vegetables you grow in your home garden? I was recently watching a television program about gardening and the host was interviewing a home owner and the vegetable garden they had planted. The host was asking what the homeowner had planted and like clockwork the homeowner pointed out that in row 1 they had this vegetable and in row 2 they had another and so on, and that got me thinking about vegetables that we as home gardeners rarely plant. When I plant my ve...

A Cat Statue Represents Intuitive Grace by Mary Claire
Some wild part of our human nature seems to require a permanent part of the wilderness in the house, apartment or room where we live. A cat statue does not need weeding, feeding or pleading to keep them at their eye-catching best all year long. Most real cats do not need a GPS to find their way back home after a long roam. No one knows how they first get irreversibly lost and then out of no where appear as if they had just had a quick stroll in the backyard. A cat statue often reflects...

Kuldeep Kumar Gupta by Kuldeep Kumar Gupta
Cockroaches as pests pose many health hazards to people. They also cause destruction of tangible assets and human health too. They are also known as water bugs, croton bugs, or palmetto bugs. They tend to ruin fabrics and book bindings and food. They have ab oily liquid which is dirty and filthy and offensive to food articles. That odor may be carried out to the clean dishes due to their contact with other dishes affected by cockroach menace. Cockroaches also excrete an ink like liquid which...