iGardi
Monthy
A Monthly Guide to a Healthy, Thriving, Food Garden
April
Contents
5 Need-to-Knows this month
What to Plant this Month
Where to plant your new seedlings
Bug/Pest Management
What flowers to plant this Month
What to harvest this month & how
What to Plant this Month
Seasonal Planting for Winter Rainfall Areas
This guideline is for areas in South African with a Warm temperate, typical Mediterranean-type climate with dry, warm sub-tropical summer (normally above 10 degrees C). Cool, wet winter.
Confined to the South Western Cape and western part of the Southern Cape.
Vegetables to plant in April
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INTRODUCTION
Taking the first steps to becoming an 'iGardiologist'
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PREPARING
THE SOIL
Digging and layering the soil to prepare it for healthy vegetables
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SEASONS
PLANT FAMILIES
CROP ROTATION
Understanding when & where
we plant our plants
and why
WELCOME TO THE IGARDI CLUB
These are the first steps in becoming an 'iGardiologist'
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PLANTING
SEEDS
Learning how to plant seeds effectively for big harvests
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FIELD
TRIP
Exploring Cape Town's
inspiring Urban Gardens
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BUG BUDDIES
& PESKY PESTS
Who are our food garden
friends & foes?
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WASTE
MANAGEMENT
Learning to use all our waste
in an eco-friendly way
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HARVESTING
Picking the fruits & veggies
of our labour, and
drying seeds for next season
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CERTIFICATES
Graduating as an official 'iGardiologist' and joining the iGardi Community
