6. Good Organic Gardening - November-December 2016 AvxHome.in

6. Good Organic Gardening - November-December 2016 AvxHome.in 6. Good Organic Gardening - November-December 2016 AvxHome.in

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3 Pumpkin flowers Pumpkins produce both male and female flowers and both are needed for fruit formation. If there are only male flowers on pumpkin vines, tip-prune the long stems. Follow up with fertiliser and daily watering. More female flowers should follow on the side shoots, encouraged by tip pruning as summer progresses. The female flowers form pumpkins. 4 Early summer | GARDEN CALENDAR 1. Beans are prolific croppers for not much ground space 2. Now is a good time to plant some Ceylon spinach — train over a support to provide shade to other plants 3. This bee needs to find a female pumpkin flower to pollinate 4. Protect your fruit trees with white bird-safe netting 5. Bronze orange bug, Musgraveia sulciventris will damage citrus if not controlled Fruit fly warning In fruit fly zones, protect maturing stone fruits and other soft fruits against fruit fly using organic baits and traps. Cover fruit clusters with exclusion bags to keep pests away. 5 CanStockPhoto, Jan Anderson, Jana Holmer Warning Water from hoses and watering systems can be very hot when they are first turned on. To avoid burning yourself and your plants, let the water run onto a path until it’s cool. Good Organic Gardening | 81

GARDEN TO TABLE | Seasonal edibles Garden to table with The Organic Chef, Joanna Rushton 84 Basil Baked Eggs with Tuscan Herbs & Shaved Leg Ham 86 Capsicum Mexican-Style Stuffed Peppers 88 Baby Spinach Grilled Tandoori Chicken & Salad with Fermented Vegetables 90 Strawberries Strawberry & Rhubarb Crumble 92 Chillies Grandma Baba’s Chilli Relish 82 | Good Organic Gardening

GARDEN TO TABLE | Seasonal edibles<br />

Garden to table<br />

with The <strong>Organic</strong> Chef, Joanna Rushton<br />

84 Basil<br />

Baked Eggs with Tuscan Herbs & Shaved Leg Ham<br />

86 Capsicum<br />

Mexican-Style Stuffed Peppers<br />

88 Baby Sp<strong>in</strong>ach<br />

Grilled Tandoori Chicken & Salad with Fermented Vegetables<br />

90 Strawberries<br />

Strawberry & Rhubarb Crumble<br />

92 Chillies<br />

Grandma Baba’s Chilli Relish<br />

82 | <strong>Good</strong> <strong>Organic</strong> <strong>Garden<strong>in</strong>g</strong>

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