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Buch (Softcover): Sachbuch
Planting Season - Adelaide and Surrounds
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36096886
EAN: 9798188970000
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Di, 10.11.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 43.50
Beschreibung
Grow food all year in Adelaide, the plains, the hills and the Fleurieu, with a calendar built for the driest capital, a Mediterranean climate that still comes with frost, and ground that runs to lime. Adelaide gardens in the driest state, under a Mediterranean climate that still brings frost, on soil that runs to lime. The east-coast books and even the Perth advice will steer you wrong, because the plains and the hills are an hour apart and a season different. The good news is the part nobody else gets: South Australia is free of fruit fly, so you grow open stone fruit and tomatoes without the netting siege the rest of the country fights. Planting Season Adelaide. gives you the calendar that fits the plains and the hills alike, plus the soil, water and pest playbook that keeps a home garden productive twelve months a year. Written for Adelaide's five microclimate zones, the coastal strip, the Adelaide plains, the foothills, the genuinely cool Adelaide Hills, and the northern plains and Barossa fringe, this guide turns a hot dry summer and a frosty winter into a simple month-by-month plan. You will know what to sow this week, what to feed it, what to watch for and when to pick. What you get inside:. A true Adelaide planting calendar with the best sowing windows for every major crop, built around the autumn planting rush and the October spring launch. A full plant library of more than 100 crops that thrive here: fruit-fly-free stone fruit and tomatoes, citrus, olives, the Hills apple and cherry belt, and the winter vegetable garden, with spacing, sun, water, pests and companions for each. Soil playbook for Adelaide's alkaline calcareous clay-loams, the sodic Bay of Biscay clays and the coastal sands, with gypsum, chelated iron and a no-dig build. Pest and disease field guide for the pests you actually meet here: snails and slugs, earwigs, Portuguese millipedes, and the fruit-fly-free quarantine that is worth defending. Companion planting charts, organic sprays and a beneficial insects chapter to keep the garden in balance. Water strategy for the driest capital, built around SA Water's permanent measures, with drip, wicking beds and the multi-day heatwave protocol. Crop rotation, seed saving, composting and worm farming, small spaces and renting, and real Adelaide case studies. Bush tucker chapter leaning into South Australian species: quandong, muntries, saltbush, warrigal greens and more. A "Real Talk" voice throughout, with honest advice on what to skip, when to rest, and how to garden the plains and the hills on their own calendars. Who it's for:. New Adelaide gardeners stuck between east-coast advice and lime-heavy soil. Renters with a courtyard or balcony who want fresh food year-round. Hills gardeners working real frost and a short warm season. Families wanting homegrown food, lower grocery bills and a garden that feeds them all year. Why this book is different:. >Pair it with the free Planting Season app. at plantingseason. com. au for month-by-month alerts, watering reminders, and the full plant library on your phone. Tap Buy now. and get the Adelaide growing calendar that will still be useful in ten years.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Planting Season
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 652