It’s the start of the football season! The really good news as you will have a better vegetable garden because of it. How, Why come? Really? What if Collingwood loose?
Let’s face it COLLINGWOOD DON’T LOSE, they just allow other teams to have a go too. But really, you don’t need to follow AFL football to know when the season starts or even finishes.
It is on the news, radio, buses and billboards. Your friends and family are talking about it, as are the people at work. You can’t escape it! That, of course, is if you’re West Australian, East coast family might have to ask someone!
Whether you do or don’t follow the football doesn’t actually matter. Nor does it matter if you prefer soccer, basketball, hockey or any other sport for that matter over football. Exercising the mind, the Spirit and the Body anyway is great!! But for this purpose, the AFL football season rule still applies.
So what is the AFL football season rule?
The LEAD UP to the start or end of the sporting season serves as a reminder that it’s also the start or end of a planting season. It is easy to remember, and through this, you will be automatically reminded when it’s the right time of year.
Using this should help in clearing the confusion of planting the wrong plant at the wrong time.
So follow the AFL football season rule, coupled with SUBURBAN FARMER’S SEASONAL PLANTING GUIDE.
How to apply the rule:
The AFL football season starts in March and ends in September.
Perfect!
Winter veggies are planted in early March and Summer veggies are planted at the end of September.
You will never forget the best time to plant vegetables again!
Planting Vegetable Seedlings:
1) Find a team that you either love or cannot escape via an over excited enthusiastic friend.
2) Write a list of the plants that need to be planted at the start of the next sporting season, such as Broccoli, Beans and Potatoes. At the end of the sporting season your list will include Tomatoes, Corn and Cucumber etc.
Again, refer to my SEASONAL PLANTING CHART
3) Get your WINTER seedlings sown, germinated and hardened up ready to transplant my the start of March. SUMMER seedlings germinated and hardened up ready to transplant out before the GRAND FINAL’S final siren is blown. Allow the beds to rest with a short FALLOW CROP/GREEN MANURE CROP in preparation to….
4) Celebrate the start of another sporting season and SUMMER CROPS!
Blessings and LOVE RAS MARK SUBURBAN FARMER