• Time to plant the winter garden. Plant seedlings of  cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, celery, silverbeet, spinach and leeks.
  
•  Plant more lettuce seedlings as you harvest to keep the summer salad supply going.
  
• Sow seeds of beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cress, lettuce, leeks, spring onion, radish, silverbeet, swedes, kohl rabi, spinach and parsnip.
  
• Sweetcorn, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, courgettes, garlic, onions, early carrots, new potatoes, peas, beans, and lettuces all come ready for harvest.
  
• Pick sweetcorn when the tassels have begun to dry.
  
• Pick cucumbers and courgettes as they come ready (every day) to encourage continuous fruiting, and before courgettes turn into marrows!
  
• Thin carrots and eat the finger sized thinnings.
  
• Spray tomatoes, potatoes and courgettes with Champ DP Copper Spray to prevent fungus diseases.
  
• Powdery mildew on cucumbers and pumpkins can be controlled by spraying with Yates Fungus Fighter. An organic alternative is Yates Nature's Way Fungus Spray.
  
• Use Derris Dust to prevent white butterfly caterpillars on cabbages and cauliflowers.
  
• Feed seedlings with a side dressing of Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.
  
• Keep fruit trees well watered for best quality fruit. As soon as fruit is picked, prune pip and stone fruit trees.
  
• Feed citrus trees with Palmers Citrus Fertiliser applied around the drip line and watered in.

• Start planting spring flowering bulbs; daffodils,
  freesias, anemones, ranunculus, sparaxis, ixias, grape hyacinths, tritonia and lachenalia.
  
• Prepare autumn flower beds prior to planting by digging in compost and Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.
  
• Plant out annuals in the garden and containers; alyssum, cornflower, linaria, lupin, pansy, primula, stock, sweet pea, viola and wallflower.
  
• Sow seeds of alyssum, aquilegia, arctotis, bellis, candytuft, cornflower, delphinium, dianthus, godetia, gypsophila, honesty, larkspur, linaria, lobelia, lupin, nemesia, nigelia, pansy, polyanthus, scabiosa, snapdragon, stock and
  wallflower.
  
• Spray roses with Super Shield at 2-3 weekly intervals. Alternate with Yates Fungus Fighter and Mavrik.
  
• Dead head roses, perennials and flowering annuals as flowers finish. Stake tall perennials.
  
• Water roses (also trees and shrubs) by thoroughly soaking once a week. Shallow watering encourages shallow root
  growth.
  
• Control thrips on gladioli, azaleas, camellias and other shrubs with Super Shield.

GENERAL

• WATER vegetable and ornamental gardens, containers and lawns.
  
• MULCH to conserve moisture and reduce weed growth.
  
• WEAR A HAT, SLAP ON THE SUNSCREEN.